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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aunty Uju describe her patients that have attempted suicide in Chapter 43?
(a) All black teenagers.
(b) All white teenagers.
(c) All males in their twenties.
(d) All middle-aged women.

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

3. What is demanded of Obinze by the immigration officer when he arrives in Lagos in Chapter 30?
(a) His passport.
(b) His birth certificate.
(c) Money.
(d) His ring.

4. Where did Ifemelu meet Tendai?
(a) At the Chief's office.
(b) At a party.
(c) At a job interview.
(d) At church.

5. Who is Shan's boyfriend that calls Blaine's home in Chapter 40?
(a) Nigel.
(b) Ovidio.
(c) Kweku.
(d) Iloba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ifemelu take Dike for his birthday in Chapter 43?

2. Where had Tochi lost her job, according to Ranyinudo in Chapter 44?

3. Who says at the dinner party in Chapter 29 that in America blacks and whites work together, but don’t play together and that in England it is just the opposite?

4. What is the title of Ifemelu's blog post in the end of Chapter 31?

5. What is the name of the blog that Ifemelu writes when she lives in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of Lagos surprise Ifemelu when she returns in Part 7?

2. What ideas are addressed regarding African immigration at Emenike's dinner party?

3. Discuss the theme of identity as it applies to Dike. How does Dike perceive his identity?

4. Why does the author employ flashbacks in Chapter 31? How do flashbacks enhance the reader's experience?

5. How is the theme of identity connected to Ifelemu's relationship with Blaine?

6. How has Aunty Uju's life changed in Chapter 32?

7. What argument do Ifemelu and Curt have regarding women's magazines in Part 4?

8. What does the bookstore symbolize in Chapter 27?

9. What is the root of Ifemelu's discomfort around Paula in the narrative?

10. What are Ifemelu's present circumstances like in Chapter 43? Where is she staying?

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