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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter buy for his father?
(a) A tie.
(b) Beer.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Tobacco.

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

3. Who arrives at Chief Nanga's house at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Chief Kobino.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) Jean.
(d) Mrs. Akilo.

4. Who does Odili ask Andrew about after the latter knocks at his door?
(a) The girl.
(b) Chief Nanga.
(c) The journalist.
(d) Mrs. John.

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

6. Jokingly, Odili tells his houseboy, Peter, that the government passed a law saying people may only do what two times a day?
(a) Use the bathroom.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Leave their house.
(d) Eat.

7. Why does Andrew Kadibe think it ridiculous for Chief Nanga to be the Minister of Culture?
(a) Chief Nanga is very poorly educated.
(b) Chief Nanga is culturally ignorant.
(c) Chief Nanga is insensitive.
(d) Andrew believes he should be the Minister of Culture.

8. What causes Odili's division from his father?
(a) Arguments over his father marrying a fifth wife.
(b) Arguments over his father working for the POP.
(c) Arguments over Odili not working in the city.
(d) Arguments over Odili going to university.

9. Chapter 1 opens with Chief Nanga making an address at which school?
(a) Cambridge University.
(b) The University.
(c) The Urua Elementary School.
(d) The Anata Grammar School.

10. What is the name Elsie shouts out while making love to Odili?
(a) Odo.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Steven.
(d) Peter.

11. When do Jean and Odili leave Jean's house?
(a) 1:30 a.m.
(b) 12:26 a.m.
(c) 11:45 p.m.
(d) 7:15 a.m.

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

13. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Odili says: "It doesn't matter what you knew, but __________________"
(a) Who you knew.
(b) Where you're known.
(c) What you didn't know.
(d) Who knew you.

14. How do the Ministers of Overseas Training and Culture cover up their fear in Chapter 3?
(a) By leaving.
(b) By storming about angrily.
(c) By talking casually.
(d) By joking.

15. What does Chief Nanga's lunchtime conversation concern?
(a) Odili's scholarship.
(b) The purchasing of buses from England.
(c) The building of a new school.
(d) The tarring of a road.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Chief Nanga's second wife-to-be?

3. What sort of buses does Chief Nanga purchase?

4. What is John's most interesting claim about the his country?

5. What food does Odili initially ask Peter to cook while Andrew Kadibe is visiting?

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