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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Early Sixties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following nations supported Biafra against Nigeria?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

2. Which of the following does Olanna note spreads across the floor of the train she takes back to Nsukka after the second coup?
(a) Blood.
(b) Bile.
(c) Urine.
(d) Saliva.

3. To which of the following is Odenigbo assigned?
(a) Ikuwano.
(b) Obingwa.
(c) Umuahia.
(d) Ugwunagbo.

4. Over which of the following commodities does Kainene assert Nigeria fights to reclaim Biafra?
(a) Coal.
(b) Gold.
(c) Tin.
(d) Oil.

5. To which of the following does Richard speak in Kano as he returns from Martin’s wedding?
(a) Nsukka.
(b) Nnesinachi.
(c) Nnaemeka.
(d) Umunnachi.

Short Answer Questions

1. The comment that “to cook with the peels was like choosing the hairy skin of a goat rather than the meat” (261) offers an example of which of the following?

2. To which of the following does the BBC ascribe the initial coup in Nigeria?

3. The comment about “the kind of woman whose sneeze, whose laugh and talk, would be soft as the under feathers closes to a chicken’s skin” (23) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following offices does Olanna take?

5. The comment that “Kainene’s approval, something she had never felt before, was like a sweetness on her tongue” (315) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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