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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe Princeton as smelling like in Chapter 1?
(a) Prestige.
(b) Hope.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Nothing.

2. Where does Aunty Uju move when she leaves Bartholomew in Chapter 21?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Willow.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Jamaica.

3. Why does Aunty Uju decide to relax her hair in Chapter 11?
(a) Because she is moving to California.
(b) Because she is interviewing for jobs.
(c) Because her boyfriend told her to do so.
(d) Because she is returning to Nigeria.

4. Why did Ifemelu's mother cut off her hair?
(a) Because she had lice.
(b) Because she became religious.
(c) Because she was moving to America.
(d) Because her husband asked her to do so.

5. Who is the black American man that Ifemelu meets on the train in Chapter 17?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Roger.
(c) Jake.
(d) Blaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who braids Ifemelu's hair in Chapter 1?

2. What does the term "WASP" refer to?

3. At whose house is the party where Obinze and Ifemelu meet?

4. How is Curt related to Kimberly?

5. What health issue does Ifemelu mistaken for pregnancy in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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