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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” why does Odofile tell Chinaza to stop cooking African food?
(a) He does not want them to be known as foreigners.
(b) He cannot get to the African store for her produce.
(c) He cannot afford the imported ingredients.
(d) He thinks Nigerian food is for peasants.

2. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” where do Odofile and Chinaza live?
(a) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Bay Ridge.
(d) Flatbush.

3. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how does Nia tell Chinaza people end up in love?
(a) They fall into it.
(b) They climb to it.
(c) They create it together.
(d) They discover it in their days.

4. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what did the customs officer take from Chinaza?
(a) Her fruits.
(b) Mmili ozu.
(c) Her books.
(d) Uziza seeds.

5. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what did Nwamgba believe killed her husband?
(a) Disease.
(b) Magic.
(c) Poison.
(d) Colonialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The American Embassy,” what does the embassy interviewer want from the woman asking for asylum?

2. In “The Headstrong Historian,” why Nwamgba’s family horrified by the prospect or marriage to Obierika?

3. In “The Shivering,” where was Chinedu working when he met Abidemi?

4. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what was the Christian name Father Shanahan gave Anikwenwa?

5. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna get a job after leaving her uncle’s house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the rules in America, in "The Thing Around Your Neck"?

2. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how does the woman’s name change when she arrives in America?

3. In “The American Embassy,” why has the woman come to wait in line at the American Embassy?

4. In “The American Embassy,” what injury keeps the woman in line from moving with any agility?

5. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what caused Nonso to receive preferential treatment among the three children in the story?

6. In “The American Embassy,” why does the woman leave the embassy without completing the interview process?

7. In “The Shivering,” what causes Ukamaka’s shivering?

8. When and where is "The Headstrong Historian" set?

9. In “The Shivering,” what is it that brings Chinedu to Ukamaka’s apartment?

10. What is the thing around the character’s neck in the story "The Thing Around Your Neck"?

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