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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In what year does Odili become disillusioned with the POP?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1964.

4. How many wives does Odili's father have before marrying Odili's mother?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. What book does Odili think influenced Edna's letter?
(a) "The Song of the Blackbird."
(b) "The Complete Loveletter Writer."
(c) "Speeches: How to Make Them."
(d) "Toasts: How to Make Them."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname of Odili's former next-door neighbor in his university days?

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

3. Whom does Odili notice in the crowd at the Writer's Society's hall?

4. Against whom does Odili announce his candidacy?

5. Jokingly, Odili tells his houseboy, Peter, that the government passed a law saying people may only do what two times a day?

(see the answer key)

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