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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 languages does Odenigbo speak to Ugwu?
(a) Hausa.
(b) Yoruba.
(c) Amharic.
(d) Igbo.

2. Which of the following is Olanna drinking when she learns of the second soup?
(a) Oat milk.
(b) Rice milk.
(c) Goat milk.
(d) Almond milk.

3. Which of the following activities does Richard note having shared with Martin in their childhood?
(a) Archery lessons.
(b) Boxing lessons.
(c) Shooting lessons.
(d) Wrestling lessons.

4. The word “nkem” carries which of the following meanings in the text?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) My love.
(c) Beloved.
(d) My own.

5. To which of the following markets in Lagos does Olanna take the pregnant Arize?
(a) Safeway.
(b) Kingsway.
(c) King’s Corner.
(d) Shop-a-way.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase “Ada m bu Jomo” (18) most nearly means which of the following?

2. The word “omalicha” carries which of the following meanings in the text?

3. Which of the following does Ugwu bring Olanna during her convalescence?

4. 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?

5. Which of the following does Ugwu see Jomo kill?

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