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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. The name “Ogbenyealu” carries which of the following meanings in the text?
(a) Hoped-for beloved of God.
(b) Not to Be Married to a Poor Man.
(c) God's gold.
(d) Let’s watch and see what next God will bring.

2. Which of the following does Odenigbo’s friend Prof. Ezeka drink?
(a) Gin.
(b) Fanta.
(c) Golden Guinea beer.
(d) Brandy.

3. Which of the following foods has Harrison cooked when Richard confesses his perfidy to Kainene?
(a) Pecan pie.
(b) Lemon tart.
(c) German chocolate cake.
(d) Peach cobbler.

4. Which of the following meanings does Kainene ascribe to Olanna’s name?
(a) Not to Be Married to a Poor Man.
(b) Hoped-for beloved of God.
(c) God’s gold.
(d) Let’s watch and see what next God will bring.

5. In which of the following do Olanna’s aunt and uncle live?
(a) Oruk Anam.
(b) Sabon Birni.
(c) Sabon Gari.
(d) Shagari.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Richard report having been when he was orphaned?

2. Whom of the following secures lodging for Olanna and Odenigbo after they depart Abba?

3. On which of the following streets does Odenigbo have a house in Nsukka?

4. The comment that “she looked, for a moment, like a shapely spirit who had emerged from the sea” (115) offers an example of which of the following?

5. From which of the following does Phyllis Okafor hail?

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