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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapters 36-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Boubacar work as a professor?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Columbia University.

2. Who does the narrator describe Obinze running into at the mall and her fawning over him due to his new-found wealth in Chapter 2?
(a) Ranyinudo.
(b) Ojiugo.
(c) Georgina.
(d) Araminta.

3. How is Dike's girlfriend described in Chapter 37?
(a) She is a redhead.
(b) She is Hispanic.
(c) She is blonde.
(d) She is African.

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

5. Who is the Nigerian man that Aunty Uju has begun seeing in Chapter 11?
(a) Chijioke.
(b) Ovidio.
(c) Nigel.
(d) Bartholomew.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who leaves the braiding shop to pick up food in Chapter 3?

4. What leads to Ifemelu's and Curt's breakup in Chapter 31?

5. What item is delivered by Obinze and his coworker to the elderly, disheveled man in Chapter 26?

(see the answer key)

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