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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7: Chapters 49-55.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the blog that concludes Chapter 36?
(a) “Obama Can Win Only If He Remains the Magic Negro.”
(b) “Friendly Tips for the American Non-Black: How to React to an American Black Talking About Blackness.”
(c) “A Michelle Obama Shout-Out Plus Hair as a Race Metaphor.”
(d) "Traveling While Black."

2. What blog title is described in Chapter 42 as "the most personal post [Ifemelu] had written about the black American"?
(a) “A Michelle Obama Shout-Out Plus Hair as a Race Metaphor.”
(b) “Why Dark-Skinned Black Women Both American and Non-American Love Barack Obama.”
(c) "Just This Evening."
(d) "Traveling While Black."

3. How many comments trailed Ifemelu's last blog post, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) 274.
(b) 36.
(c) 185.
(d) 20.

4. With whom does Ifemelu go to stay when Blaine stops talking to her in Chapter 38?
(a) Curt.
(b) Aunty Uju.
(c) Obinze.
(d) Ojiugo.

5. What leads to Ifemelu's and Curt's breakup in Chapter 31?
(a) Ifemelu has decided to move to Nigeria.
(b) Curt has cheated on Ifemelu.
(c) Ifemelu has cheated on Curt.
(d) Ifemelu has gotten pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ifemelu's father fired from his job in Chapter 3?

2. Why does Shan come to New York in Chapter 35?

3. What is the subject of Ifemelu's blog in the end of Chapter 37?

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

5. How is Dike's girlfriend described in Chapter 37?

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