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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Shan come to New York in Chapter 35?
(a) She is visiting her mother.
(b) Her book is being published.
(c) She is taking a cruise from New York.
(d) She is getting married.

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

3. Who among Ifemelu's old friends is described in Chapter 46 as "unrecognizable now, so fat that even her nose had changed shape"?
(a) Tendai.
(b) Araminta.
(c) Kosi.
(d) Tochi.

4. Where does Ifemelu first reconnect with Blaine in Chapter 34?
(a) At a college lecture.
(b) At a wedding.
(c) At a job interview.
(d) At a blogging conference.

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

6. Where is Boubacar from?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Puerto Rico.

7. What is the title of the blog that concludes 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) "Traveling While Black."

8. How is Ifemelu labeled after her first diversity conference?
(a) She is labeled as conservative.
(b) She is labeled as racist.
(c) She is labeled as socialist.
(d) She is labeled as feminist.

9. What is the name of Emenike's wife?
(a) Araminta.
(b) Georgina.
(c) Cleotilde.
(d) Ojiugo.

10. What television stations does Ranyinudo say she watches mostly in Chapter 44?
(a) A&E and Nickelodeon.
(b) Style and E!.
(c) MSNBC and FOX News.
(d) NTA and PBS.

11. How are Blaine's friends described in the narrative?
(a) They are elitist bankers.
(b) They are working-class.
(c) They are artists.
(d) They are academics.

12. What is the name of the man that Ranyinudo met and was attracted to at the wedding in Chapter 44?
(a) Iloba.
(b) Ndudi.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Ovidio.

13. What is Ifemelu's impression of Lagos immediately after her return?
(a) Lagos is full of wealthy people.
(b) Lagos has gotten less populated.
(c) Lagos is more beautiful than she remembered.
(d) Lagos is dirty.

14. What reason does Ifemelu give Ginika for having broken up with Curt in Chapter 31?
(a) He doesn't make enough money.
(b) He is lazy and ineffectual.
(c) Curt cheated on her.
(d) She didn't feel about him the way she wanted to.

15. Where had Tochi lost her job, according to Ranyinudo in Chapter 44?
(a) A school.
(b) A church.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine does Aunty Onenu compare Zoe to in Chapter 45?

2. Where does Aunty Onenu live?

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

4. Where has Ifelemu slept for three nights in the beginning of Chapter 43?

5. What colors does Ranyinudo describe the wedding as having been that she just attended in Chapter 44?

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