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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. Why has the crowd gathered in Anata when Odili returns from Bori?
(a) The senior tutor has not left the bar in four days.
(b) Josiah has stolen from Azoge, the blind beggar.
(c) Josiah has been serving alcohol to children.
(d) Azoge, the blind beggar, has beaten Josiah.

2. What is the name of the political party formed in Chapter 8?
(a) The Political Correctness Party.
(b) The Cultural Protection Committee.
(c) The Progressive Alliance Party.
(d) The Common People's Convention.

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

4. Of Odili, Chief Nanga, and Elsie, who goes to bed first after dinner at Chief Nanga's house?
(a) Chief Nanga.
(b) Odili.
(c) Odili and Elsie go to bed together.
(d) Elsie.

5. What animals, after leaving the Odo house, ruin Odili's plan involving Edna?
(a) Horses.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Donkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Odili hear talking to Elsie through the door?

2. When does Odili plan to see Edna again after his embarrassing accident?

3. Why will Mrs. Nanga not accompany her husband to the United States?

4. How many girls does Chief Nanga promise Odili?

5. After the political turmoil begins, with how much money does Odili return to Anata?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Odili interpret Edna's letter?

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

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

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

7. What worries Odili about owning a car and having a position of some prestige?

8. What characterizes Odili's arrival at his friend Maxwell's apartment?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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