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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the voice rose high and clear in the sky like?
(a) A fork of lightning.
(b) A writer's pen.
(c) A flaming sword.
(d) An electric train.

2. What kind of pill does the priest give Mike?
(a) Lithium.
(b) Jello.
(c) Antihistamine.
(d) Seroxat.

3. What is the name of the island Mike travels to?
(a) Penny Island.
(b) The Isle of Dogs.
(c) Sao Tome.
(d) Zoot Island.

4. Whose point of view is the story in this section told from?
(a) Mike's.
(b) Cletus's.
(c) Father Doherty's.
(d) Mercy's.

5. What does Vero make up a song about?
(a) Making tea.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Going clothes shopping.
(d) Watching television.

6. Where did Reginald and Gladys meet the second time they met?
(a) In acting class.
(b) At a checkpoint.
(c) In a car park.
(d) In a mall.

7. Why does the author say Julius is unafraid of walking home and who he might meet?
(a) He believes he is the strongest in the town.
(b) His father is an influential person in the area.
(c) He is educated.
(d) He knows everybody in the town.

8. What does Mr. Menike say Americans can't afford back home?
(a) Servants.
(b) Houses.
(c) Cars.
(d) Women.

9. Why are there no boys to take Mrs. Emenike's shopping?
(a) They have all been draughted into the army.
(b) They have all emigrated.
(c) They are all on a training day.
(d) They are all taking advantage of free education.

10. What does Michael's wife imagine herself as?
(a) The schoool's social worker.
(b) Queen of the school.
(c) The school's nurse.
(d) Princess of the town.

11. What does Michael recommend the old priest do?
(a) Find a new religion.
(b) Construct another path.
(c) Contact his lawyers.
(d) Bury his ancestors deeper in the ground.

12. What phrase Nancy speaks imitates the magazines she reads?
(a) Wake up and smell the coffee.
(b) Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
(c) Blind as a bat.
(d) A penny for your thoughts.

13. Where did Reginald and Gladys meet the first time they met?
(a) A bordello.
(b) A social club.
(c) A tennis club.
(d) An enlistment center.

14. What sports did Ben play at his club?
(a) Tennis and billiards.
(b) Cricket and rugby.
(c) Soccer and croquet.
(d) Squash and ping pong.

15. What do the Umuru women do before one can count A?
(a) Runaway.
(b) Count B.
(c) Laugh in your face.
(d) Count C.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of business does Jonathan open?

2. What had Jonathan's bike been commandeered for?

3. What does Mr. Emenike say Nigeria is not a nation of?

4. What did Ben fear the woman in his village put in their food when they cooked for the men?

5. What does Julius step on?

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