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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rufus mark his thumb with before he leaves the voting booth?

2. What does one of Chike's neighbors offer him to eat?

3. What is the name of the city Nena has lived in all her life?

4. What does the policeman search Rufus for?

5. How does Rufus solve his problem of who to vote for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the village initially react to Nnaemeka's marriage?

2. Why isn't the old man sympathetic to Elizabeth's plight?

3. How does Chike anger his friend's mother?

4. How do Nene and Nnaemeka win people over?

5. How does Rufus react when Ibe asks him to vote first?

6. Why did Marcus Ibe become a politician?

7. Describe Akueke's family life?

8. Why do Akueke's brothers want to kill her?

9. Why does Nnaemeka's father not want him to marry Nene?

10. What are Julius's duties as clerk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What are the differences between the rich and the poor in the book?

2. What your views on the following statement. Some of the people's bad behavior can be excused because of the desperate situation they find themselves in.

Essay Topic 2

How do the stories suggest colonialism effected Nigerians? What struggles do the stories suggest Nigeria had in the early post-colonial years? Choose one story and examine what it says about how Nigeria coped during these times.

Essay Topic 3

What does the author suggests stops Nigeria from becoming the modern day country they seem capable of becoming? Why are so many people against Nigeria moving with the times?

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