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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. How much does Chief Nanga say Maxwell has taken in bribes?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 250 pounds.
(c) 4,000 pounds.
(d) 650 pounds.

2. When Odili returns to Anata after first meeting Maxwell and his friends, where does he find a large crowd?
(a) Outside Josiah's bar.
(b) Outside the grammar school.
(c) Outside Edna's house.
(d) Outside his house.

3. After Hezekiah is arrested, what do the trucks take away?
(a) Pipes for the Rural Water Scheme.
(b) All of the Samalu furniture.
(c) Much of Urua's food supply.
(d) Part of the Samalu compound.

4. Who gives Odili directions to Edna's house?
(a) Mrs. Nanga.
(b) Dogo.
(c) Eddy Nanga.
(d) Azoge.

5. Who is waiting for Odili outside Chief Nanga's house when he returns?
(a) Chief Nanga.
(b) Elsie.
(c) The police.
(d) Mrs. Nanga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxwell see Chief Nanga as an example of?

2. How does Edna react to seeing Odili after the launching of the campaign?

3. When does Odili feel the full weight of his humiliation?

4. In what way will the new political party differ from the old parties, according to Maxwell?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Odili's concern about the founding of the new political party?

3. Why is Couple's heckling of Maxwell effective?

4. Describe the first impression given of Odo, Edna's father.

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

6. At what conclusion does Odili arrive after reflecting on the carpenter Timothy's statement?

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

8. What seems to be the likely reason that Edna becomes angry with Odili in Chapter 12?

9. How does Odili react to discovering that Elsie is sleeping with Chief Nanga?

10. What is revealed about Edna's character in the scene on the VIP porch?

(see the answer keys)

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