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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Late Sixties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Ugwu offer to bring to Olanna during her convalescence?
(a) Fruit salad.
(b) Pasta salad.
(c) Potato salad.
(d) Seaweed salad.

2. To which of the following does the BBC ascribe the initial coup in Nigeria?
(a) The Igbo.
(b) The Yoruba.
(c) The Ijaw.
(d) The Hausa.

3. 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?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Analogy.
(d) Conceit.

4. Which of the following does Richard discuss with Clovis Bancroft?
(a) Her brother’s life as a district commissioner in Ngwo.
(b) Her brother’s life as a district commissioner in Enugu.
(c) Her brother’s life as a district commissioner in Ezeagu.
(d) Her brother’s life as a district commissioner in Ohum.

5. In which of the following does Richard note having lived?
(a) Lea.
(b) Wentnor.
(c) Hardwick.
(d) Norbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase “a new country, which would be named after the bay, the Bight of Biafra” (198) offers an example of which of the following?

2. The term “ike” carries which of the following meanings in the text?

3. The phrase “I tetago” carries which of the following meanings in the text?

4. The comment that “They are killing us like ants” (181) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Into which of the following levels of schooling does Odenigbo enroll Ugwu?

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