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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Odili received at Chief Nanga's house?

2. For what does OHMS stand?

3. Odili is afraid that Chief Nanga will want to:

4. What, in Chief Nanga's days as a scoutmaster, is considered the "very acme of sophistication"?

5. How does the cook prove his innocence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal goal does Odili not considering asking for help in achieving, as stated in Chapter 2?

2. Why does Odili envy Peter?

3. Why does Chief Nanga scorn his old nickname, "M.A. Minus Opportunity"?

4. What series of events leads up to Odili's disillusionment with the POP.?

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

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

7. What odd contrast is revealed in Chapter 4 by Chief Nanga's interactions with Chief Kobino and the young man applying to be a chef?

8. On what does Odili focus during Chief Nanga's speech in Chapter 6?

9. How does Chief Nanga speak to Mr. Jalio, and for what reason?

10. What impression does Odili convey in his description of Chief Nanga's library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What start as separate, if related, threads in the story -- revenge, politics and love -- become entangled in Odili's life. Discuss the entanglement of these various threads and explain how an action toward any one goal ends up affecting the others.

Essay Topic 2

In "A Man of the People," the love that blooms between Odili and Edna transforms both their lives. Analyze this theme. How does it develop? What actions create the changes?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 9, Timothy, the Christian carpenter, says that "Josiah has taken away enough for the owner to notice." Examine the relevance of this statement to the story. How is it shown to be true in Anata? Is it true in the country as a whole? Why is it noticed differently in a small village than in the whole country? Does this imply anything about large-scale democracy, and if so, what?

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