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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Arrangers of Marriage".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Ghosts,” when was the last time Professor Nwoye saw Ikenna Okoro?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1982
(d) 1962.

2. In “Imitation,” what was it that kept Obiora in Nigeria?
(a) A big government contract.
(b) A lover.
(c) Another wife.
(d) His elderly parents.

3. In “Ghosts,” where did Ikenna Okoro go after the last time Professor Nwoye saw him?
(a) The U.S.
(b) London.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Paris.

4. In “Imitation,” how does Nkem say it came to pass that she raised the children alone in the U.S.?
(a) Her husband’s plans to join them kept being interrupted.
(b) Her husband planned it that way.
(c) It just happened.
(d) She planned it that way.

5. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what had Chinaza planned to do before she was married to Odofile?
(a) Work at her aunt and uncle’s bakery.
(b) Get a job in Lagos.
(c) Go to university.
(d) Open a bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Imitation,” what dividing line does Nkem say has blurred in America?

2. In “The American Embassy,” what do the people in line say about the woman’s husband?

3. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what did the customs officer take from Chinaza?

4. In “Ghosts,” what does Professor Nwoye buy for the men under the flame tree?

5. In “Cell One,” what does the narrator say her brother said when she asked him if he was in a gang?

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