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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 is the immediate task of the new party in Chapter 8?
(a) To record corruption in the government.
(b) To win the next election.
(c) To start a dialogue with the British.
(d) To arm the people.

2. Who bars Odili from the school hall in Anata?
(a) The military.
(b) Odo and Josiah.
(c) The Nangavanga.
(d) Principal Nwege.

3. What does Odili do when he realizes that his host has shamed him?
(a) Kicks in the door.
(b) Sets the house on fire.
(c) Packs his suitcases.
(d) Weeps uncontrollably.

4. Who heckles Maxwell during his speech in Chapter 12?
(a) Odo.
(b) Couple.
(c) Hezekiah.
(d) Andrew Kadibe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Odili's view towards Edna changed by the start of Chapter 11?

2. What is the name of the trade unionist?

3. Who is called the third vulture?

4. Why is Azoge's stick important to Josiah?

5. Why does Odili praise Edna's beauty and memory in English?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the confusion about why Couple is put in jail?

2. Why do Boniface and the other bodyguards want 25 pounds, and why does Odili object?

3. What significant action does Edna take toward Odili at the end of Chapter 10, and why is it significant?

4. What is the method of problem solving that Odili unconsciously employs while reconsidering his humiliation that occurred at the house of Chief Nanga?

5. In Chapter 10, how does Chief Nanga further expose his corruption regarding the office of Foreign Trade?

6. What is the significance of the poem Maxwell wrote seven years ago?

7. What sort of abuses of power does Chief Nanga exercise in his campaign?

8. What sort of reception does Odili's political campaign receive in Anata?

9. Describe the situation with Chief Nanga and the editor of the Daily Matchet, including its significance.

10. What is significant about Odili and Edna's bicycle crash?

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