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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will Mrs. Nanga not accompany her husband to the United States?
(a) She must manage the affairs of state in her husband's absence.
(b) Chief Nanga forbids her to go.
(c) She must stay with the children.
(d) She lacks education.

2. What misunderstood African gesture does Odili explain to the foreigners?
(a) Touching the forehead with the back of the left hand.
(b) Scrunching up the face.
(c) Shaking the fist.
(d) Mussing up one's hair.

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

4. Whom does Odili notice in the crowd at the Writer's Society's hall?
(a) Elsie.
(b) Jean.
(c) Principal Nwege.
(d) Andrew Kadibe.

5. What does Odo call Odili's new car?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A kolanut.
(c) A tortoise.
(d) A bug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chief Nanga give the editor rent money in Chapter 7?

2. What surprising individual backs the new political party in Chapter 8?

3. How long has it been since Odili last spoke with Chief Nanga?

4. Why does Chief Nanga not hire the young man at the end of Chapter 4?

5. What does Jean interpret as a sign of lust?

(see the answer key)

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