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

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

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

4. What does the statute Odili reads in the newspaper concern?
(a) Pit latrines.
(b) Food distribution.
(c) Automobile parking.
(d) Excrement pails.

5. What guild causes a stir when it arrives at the Assembly Hall?
(a) The hunters' guild.
(b) The Ego Women's Party.
(c) The Nigerian Pottery Guild.
(d) The seamstress' guild.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odili ultimately think of Jean?

2. When do Jean and Odili leave Jean's house?

3. When Odili meets the group of foreigners, what initially brings him attention?

4. When does Odili's mother die?

5. Finish the quote said by Odili in Chapter 1: "For what is modesty but ________________?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Chief Koko's reaction to drinking OHMS?

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

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

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

5. Describe Odili in his first encounter with Elsie in Chapter 6.

6. What does Odili wish the people could see about Chief Nanga?

7. How do Odili and Elsie meet?

8. How did Odili deal with his previous encounters with bucket latrines?

9. How does "Push me down and take my threepence!" become a popular Anata joke?

10. How does Odili's father treat his family?

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