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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. When does Odili feel the full weight of his humiliation?
(a) As soon as he arrives at Maxwell's apartment.
(b) He never feels it.
(c) The night after.
(d) After Maxwell leaves for court.

2. With whom does Odili, in his letter, say Edna can satisfy herself with if Chief Nanga is unable?
(a) Odili.
(b) Dogo.
(c) Chief Nanga's son.
(d) Anyone.

3. Which two men ask Chief Nanga for a copy of his speech?
(a) Mr. Jalio and the editor of the Daily Machet.
(b) The editor of the Daily Chronicle and Mr. Jalio.
(c) Mr. Jalio and Hezekiah Samalu.
(d) The editors of the Daily Machet and the Daily Chronicle.

4. Why does Mrs. Nanga feel pity for Edna?
(a) Mrs. Nanga knows Edna will not be happy living in Bori.
(b) Mrs. Nanga was also forced into marriage rather than continue her education.
(c) Edna is ignorant of how cruel Chief Nanga can be to his wives.
(d) Chief Nanga intends to use Edna for bearing many children.

5. Why will Mrs. Nanga not accompany her husband to the United States?
(a) She lacks education.
(b) She must manage the affairs of state in her husband's absence.
(c) She must stay with the children.
(d) Chief Nanga forbids her to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bars Odili from the school hall in Anata?

2. How does Odili manage to talk to Edna alone in Chapter 9?

3. After Hezekiah is arrested, what do the trucks take away?

4. To what room in Chief Nanga's house are Elsie's bags taken?

5. Where is Edna's mother when Odili first arrives at her house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Odili interpret Edna's letter?

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

5. What characterizes Odili's interaction with Chief Nanga at the Samalu house?

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

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

8. How does Odili initially interpret Chief Nanga's order to move Elsie's bags into his absent wife's room?

9. What is suggested by the revelation that a junior member of Parliament is also a founding member of the CPC?

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

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