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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 descriptions does Adebayo apply to Olanna?
(a) Logically pretty.
(b) Illogically pretty.
(c) Logically ugly.
(d) Illogically ugly.

2. Which of the following nations supported Nigeria against Biafra?
(a) China.
(b) The United States.
(c) The USSR.
(d) Canada.

3. 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?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Alliteration.

4. To which of the following does Richard submit his first article about the violence in Nigeria?
(a) The Independent.
(b) The Times.
(c) The Herald.
(d) The Picayune.

5. What news does Olanna hope for when Odenigbo visits her apartment after his infidelity?
(a) His mother is pregnant.
(b) Amala is dead.
(c) His mother is dead.
(d) Amala is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is interred in place of the slain customs officer Richard had met on his way back from Martin’s wedding?

2. Which of the following journals does Ugwu note having attempted to read?

3. The phrase that “it was as if she was throwing shackles off her wrists” (292) offers an example of which of the following?

4. Which of the following sports does Odenigbo report playing?

5. Which of the following does Odenigbo’s friend Prof. Ezeka drink?

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