View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nnaemeka's father like to read his bible?

2. What has Ibe installed a private plant to supply to his house?

3. What two words found their way into Chike's song?

4. What is Marcus Ibe's role within the PAP?

5. What class did Chike develop a hatred for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chike love about school?

2. How different has Nene's life been to her husband's?

3. Describe Akueke's family life?

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

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

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

7. Why is Ibe such a popular politician?

8. What do Chike's parents raise him to believe?

9. Why do people like Rufus so much?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 stories in the book state about post colonial Nigeria? How much do the students think these problems can be attributed to colonialism?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 766 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample