The Thing Around Your Neck Quiz

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Ukamaka learn that Chinedu has been acting so strangely in the story "The Shivering"? (from The Shivering)

His visa is expired.

He is spying on her.

He is failing out of school.

He has committed a crime.

2.

In the story "Ghosts" why does Professor James Nwoye think he needs to throw sand at Ikenna Okoro? (from Ghosts)

As a practical joke.

To protect himself.

It is considered an insult.

To see if he is really alive.

3.

Why does Grace come home when her grandmother is dying in the story "The Headstrong Historian"? (from The Headstrong Historian)

She learns her grandmother wants her.

She feels a strange urge that she needs to go home.

Her father calls her.

Her grandmother calls her.

4.

Why does Chinaza get so angry with Ofodile in the story "The Arrangers of Marriage"? (from The Arrangers of Marriage)

He told her he'd slept with Nia.

He won't let her cook Nigerian food.

He won't allow her to speak Igbo.

She learns he had been married before.

5.

Why does Akunna leave her uncle's house in the story "The Think Around Your Neck"? (from The Thing Around Your Neck)

He wants to charge her rent.

He wants sexual payment for the things he is doing for her.

He wants her to trade her visa with another woman.

He insists that she marry a man he has found for her.

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