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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long has Ifemelu lived with Blaine when she tells him she's moving back to Nigeria in Chapter 1?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 6 years.

2. How does the General die?
(a) He dies in a plane crash.
(b) He drowns in a river.
(c) He dies in a car crash.
(d) He has a heart attack.

3. How old is Ifemelu when her mother cuts off all of her own hair?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

4. What is the name of Obinze's wife in Chapter 2?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Uju.
(c) Kosi.
(d) Maria.

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

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

7. What does Aunty Uju complain about Bartholomew regarding in Chapter 17?
(a) He is lazy.
(b) He is never home.
(c) He is fat.
(d) He is physically abusive.

8. What is the name of Nicholas's wife?
(a) Ojiugo.
(b) Mariama.
(c) Araminta.
(d) Kweku.

9. What happens to Ifemelu's hair in Chapter 20?
(a) It is braided into cornrows.
(b) It grows long.
(c) It begins turning gray.
(d) It begins falling out.

10. What does the organization name ASA stand for in Chapter 14?
(a) African Students Abroad.
(b) African Students Association.
(c) American Students of African Families.
(d) American Student Association.

11. What does the narrator describe Philadelphia as smelling like in Chapter 1?
(a) History.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Hope.
(d) Garbage.

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

13. What is the name of the man that lets Obinze use his NI number to gain work in Chapter 25?
(a) Curt.
(b) Nigel.
(c) Blaine.
(d) Vincent.

14. Why is Ifemelu's father fired from his job in Chapter 3?
(a) Because he is moving to America.
(b) Because he was caught stealing.
(c) Because he hit a man at work.
(d) Because he refuses to call his boss "Mummy."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe in Ifemelu's soul in Chapter 1?

2. Which of his friends does Obinze call first for help in getting an NI number and work when he arrives in England?

3. What is the name of the woman who braids Ifemelu's hair in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the son Aunty Uju gives birth to in Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer keys)

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