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

2. Who takes Ifemelu aside and talks to her about safe sex in Chapter 5?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Aunty Uju.
(c) Obinze's mother.
(d) Ifemelu's mother.

3. What is the name of the blog that Ifemelu writes when she lives in America?
(a) "Raceteenth or Various Observations About American Blacks (Those Formerly Known as Negroes) by a Non-American Black."
(b) "The Bloggess."
(c) "The Road to Perdition or the Road to Freedom."
(d) "The Future of Identity: Looking at Race, Class, and Money in America."

4. What does Obinze's friend call the elderly, disheveled man that they make a delivery to in Chapter 26?
(a) "A sot."
(b) "A real gent."
(c) "A wicked geezer."
(d) "A hobby-horse."

5. Who returns from a medical mission in Nigeria to spend time with Dike in Chapter 43?
(a) Kweku.
(b) Chijioke.
(c) Ovidio.
(d) Onenu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Obinze contact Tendai in Chapter 27?

2. What advice does Obinze give to Ifemelu when her student records become frozen in Chapter 13?

3. What crime has Dike been accused of committing in Chapter 39?

4. What is the profession of Obinze's mother in Chapter 4?

5. Where is Boubacar from?

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