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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Chapter 42 and Part 6: Chapter 43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ifemelu write she's going to do at the end of the blog post Obinze reads in Chapter 42?
(a) Go on a date.
(b) Get a massage.
(c) Cook dinner.
(d) Make tea.

2. What blog title is described in Chapter 42 as "the most personal post [Ifemelu] had written about the black American"?
(a) "Just This Evening."
(b) “Why Dark-Skinned Black Women Both American and Non-American Love Barack Obama.”
(c) "Traveling While Black."
(d) “A Michelle Obama Shout-Out Plus Hair as a Race Metaphor.”

3. Why does Obinze avoid reading English newspapers in Chapter 27?
(a) He can't stand English politics.
(b) He doesn't have enough money to buy them.
(c) The immigration articles frighten him.
(d) His wife would be angry if she saw them.

4. For how long do Ifemelu and Dike go away for his birthday in Chapter 43?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. How did Dike attempt suicide?
(a) By slashing his wrists.
(b) By trying to drown himself.
(c) By overdosing on Tylenol.
(d) By trying to hang himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to meet Obinze in Lagos when he is deported from England?

2. Who among Dike's friends bursts out sobbing and says to Ifemelu in Chapter 43, “I just can’t believe he didn’t reach out to me"?

3. What advice does Obinze give to Ifemelu to help her understand American culture in Chapter 14?

4. Where do Obinize and Ifemelu attend university in Nigeria?

5. For how long has Aunty Uju been in America in the beginning of Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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