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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the city of New Haven smell like, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) History.
(b) Hope.
(c) Neglect.
(d) Prestige.

2. What does the term "WASP" refer to?
(a) "White American Secular Protestant."
(b) "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant."
(c) "Working African Secular Person."
(d) "White American Second Principle."

3. Where does Ifemelu go in Chapter 1 to have her hair braided?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Trenton.
(d) Newark.

4. Who leaves the braiding shop to pick up food in Chapter 3?
(a) Araminta.
(b) Aunty Onenu.
(c) Mariama.
(d) Tendai.

5. What is Aunty Uju studying to become in America in Chapter 8?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A banker.
(d) An actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Obinze seek an arranged marriage in Chapter 23?

2. What comfort food does Ifemelu associate with Nigeria?

3. Who does Obinze meet with to set up an arranged marriage in Chapter 23?

4. Where does Aunty Uju have a new house in Chapter 3?

5. Where does Aunty Uju move when she leaves Bartholomew in Chapter 21?

(see the answer key)

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