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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the nighttime entertainment in Giligili?
(a) Killing rats.
(b) Squishing bugs.
(c) A crazy old man's stories.
(d) Watching the fire burn.

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

3. What sort of degree is Chief Nanga to be awarded?
(a) Doctor of laws.
(b) Bachelor of arts.
(c) Doctor of history.
(d) Master of public affairs.

4. Whom do Chief Nanga and Odili visit in Chapter 3?
(a) The Minister of Foreign Trade.
(b) The Minister for Overseas Training.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The Minister of Public Construction.

5. How many wives does Odili's father have?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John's job?

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

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

4. From where does Chief Nanga get his bus-investment money?

5. How many children do the Nangas have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mrs. Nanga concerned over her children losing their heritage?

2. Why is Odili's father hated?

3. Upon what does Odili reflect while lying in the bed of his guest suite at Chief Nanga's house?

4. What is Odili's perception of Chief Nanga's concerns?

5. Why does Odili envy Peter?

6. What personal goal does Odili not considering asking for help in achieving, as stated in Chapter 2?

7. How does Odili describe the way Jean acts toward Chief Nanga?

8. In what way does Jean primarily reveal her insensitivity towards Nigeria and Nigerians?

9. How do Odili and Elsie meet?

10. What attitudes do the foreigners at the dinner conversation seem to have toward Africa, and how do they demonstrate such?

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