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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. How do the people from the great rivers travel to the market?

2. What does Okeke hum to himself?

3. What do the brothers assume has happened to their sister when they find the place they laid her empty?

4. What kind of village did Julius come from?

5. What is the name of the deity who causes terror on the town?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nwibe embarrass himself in this section?

2. How does the author compare the new religion to palm wine?

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

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

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

6. What does Chike love about school?

7. What are Julius's duties as clerk?

8. Why is Ibe such a popular politician?

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

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 role does the author suggest money plays in Nigerian life? What problems is money causing within Nigerian society?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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