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

2. Which of his friends does Obinze call second for help in getting an NI number and work in England?
(a) Kweku.
(b) Iloba.
(c) Nigel.
(d) Bartholomew.

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

4. What is the title of Ifemelu's blog post that is read aloud at the party in Chapter 36?
(a) “Friendly Tips for the American Non-Black: How to React to an American Black Talking About Blackness.”
(b) “Obama Can Win Only If He Remains the Magic Negro.”
(c) “A Michelle Obama Shout-Out Plus Hair as a Race Metaphor.”
(d) “Why Dark-Skinned Black Women Both American and Non-American Love Barack Obama.”

5. What is the title of the blog post that concludes Chapter 35?
(a) “Obama Can Win Only If He Remains the Magic Negro.”
(b) "Just This Evening."
(c) “Why Dark-Skinned Black Women Both American and Non-American Love Barack Obama.”
(d) “A Michelle Obama Shout-Out Plus Hair as a Race Metaphor.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aunty Uju studying to become in America in Chapter 8?

2. Where does Boubacar encourage Ifemelu to apply for a fellowship in Chapter 38?

3. What does Jane say the biggest difference is between her home country and America in Chapter 10?

4. When Emenike meets Obinze in Chapter 29, he gives him an envelope of money. How much money is in the envelope compared to how much Obinze asked to borrow?

5. Where does Ifemelu first reconnect with Blaine in Chapter 34?

(see the answer key)

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