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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chief Nanga not hire the young man at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He has never fired a gun.
(b) He does not know how to drive a stick shift.
(c) He cannot cook African cuisine.
(d) He has a bad leg.

2. What detail about one man's robes in Chapter 6 most catches Odili's attention?
(a) The robe's brilliant colors.
(b) The robe's poor quality.
(c) The tailor's advertisement.
(d) The robe's eccentric patterning.

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

4. Whom does Chief Nanga call when he comes home for lunch?
(a) The Minister of Public Construction.
(b) The Minister for Overseas Training.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The Minister of Foreign Trade.

5. How many pounds does each bus cost?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 6,000.

6. How does Jean look at Chief Nanga?
(a) Curiously.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Contemptuously.
(d) Flirtatiously.

7. What does Chief Nanga think of the president of the Writer's Society's dress?
(a) That it is wonderful.
(b) That it is ridiculous.
(c) That it looks too much like the national costume.
(d) That it needs more shine.

8. From where does Chief Nanga get his bus-investment money?
(a) An increase in taxes.
(b) The Minister of Foreign Trade.
(c) The Coffee Farmers Union.
(d) British Amalgamated.

9. Where does Odili recall meeting Elsie?
(a) At a party.
(b) At grammar school.
(c) In England.
(d) In Urua.

10. How many children do the Nangas have?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Zero.
(d) Six.

11. According to Mrs. Nanga, embassy events are how many pence talk and how many pence food?
(a) Nine pence talk and three pence food.
(b) Ten pence talk and ten pence food.
(c) Six pence talk and four pence food.
(d) Three pence talk and nine pence food.

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

13. How does Odili state his view of Elsie to Chief Nanga?
(a) She is his best friend.
(b) She is just a good-time girl.
(c) He intends to marry her.
(d) He is serious about her.

14. For what does the young man apply at Chief Nanga's house at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) To be a cook.
(b) To be a gardener.
(c) To be a chauffeur.
(d) To be a security guard.

15. What is Odili's father's first name?
(a) Josiah.
(b) Hezekiah.
(c) Onata.
(d) Ezekiel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Odili finds Elsie's friend at the hospital -- intended for Chief Nanga -- to be:

2. What does the statute Odili reads in the newspaper concern?

3. What does the Senior Tutor take from the reception?

4. Why does Odili hope Nwege gets an appointment with the POP?

5. To what do Odili and Jean dance?

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