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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 one of Chike's neighbors offer him to eat?

2. What kind of cakes do the fisher women buy for their children?

3. What is the name of the rival party to PAP?

4. What does Nwibe tell the madman he looks hungry for?

5. Who does the old man reveal to the brothers at his compound?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the market place called Nwko?

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

3. Why does Nwibe run after the madmen?

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

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

6. How does Nnameka's father's attitude change at the end of the story?

7. How do Nwibe and the madmen know each other?

8. How will Akueke's life change now she is livng with her grandfather?

9. How does Nwibe embarrass himself in this section?

10. What are Julius's duties as clerk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What picture do the stories paint of everyday Nigerian life? What was the typical family like? What do they do during both the day and the night? Imagine you are a Nigerian growing up in these times and write a typical day in your life.

Essay Topic 2

Compare African and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Nnaemeka's father finds it so difficult to accept that his son marries for love? How does Nnameka's father see marriage and how have these views molded his life?

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