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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what do Odili and Jean dance?
(a) A highlife record.
(b) A big-band swing record.
(c) An American jazz record.
(d) An African band.

2. What is the title of the poem Maxwell shows Odili?
(a) "Mother-Earth's Offering to Man."
(b) "Dance-Offering to the Earth-Mother."
(c) "Dance of the People of the Earth."
(d) "The Lady of Shalott."

3. How does the cook prove his innocence?
(a) He drinks the coffee.
(b) He produces a witness.
(c) He eats the soup.
(d) He gives Chief Koko the medicine.

4. What does the Senior Tutor take from the reception?
(a) A jug of beer.
(b) Principal Nwege's ring.
(c) Two bottles of beer.
(d) A jug of palm wine.

5. Where do Odili and Jean go after leaving Jean's house?
(a) Through the streets of Bori.
(b) To Urua.
(c) Immediately to Chief Nanga's house.
(d) To Anata.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odili ultimately think of Jean?

2. What is Odili's father's first name?

3. When does Odili's mother die?

4. When Odili meets the group of foreigners, what initially brings him attention?

5. From what country does the other black man among the foreigners in Chapter 5 come?

(see the answer key)

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