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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. Why is Azoge's stick important to Josiah?

2. How much is the bribe Chief Nanga offers Odili?

3. Who gives Odili directions to Edna's house?

4. How much money does Maxwell say the POP has received from British Amalgamated?

5. Why has the crowd gathered in Anata when Odili returns from Bori?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the story, it is unveiled that starting a democracy is a difficult process. Analyze these difficulties as they are presented in the text. Are they due largely to a lack of education? Of what kind of education? Are there any good suggestions as to how to fix the problems in the country?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

As the chief protagonist and narrator of the story, Odili undergoes dramatic changes throughout the narrative, but as he is the one describing them, he does not explicitly state them. Trace the outline of Odili's character development and changes, being sure to answer the following questions:

1) In what regard does Odili primarily change?

2) In what ways does Odili seem to change, but ONLY seem?

3) What other characters and events have the biggest influence on Odili's changes?

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