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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: The Late Sixties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following levels of schooling had Ugwu attained before entering Odenigbo’s service?
(a) Standard five.
(b) Standard four.
(c) Standard three.
(d) Standard two.

2. The word “biko” carries which of the following meanings in the text?
(a) Please.
(b) Come again.
(c) Thank you.
(d) Sorry.

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

4. To which of the following markets in Lagos does Olanna take the pregnant Arize?
(a) Abya.
(b) Baya.
(c) Yaba.
(d) Ayba.

5. The comment that “her life in Nsukka felt like being immersed in a mesh of soft feathers” (65) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Simile.
(d) Analogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is Odenigbo assigned?

2. To which of the following does Olanna assert Odenigbo owes an apology?

3. Which of the following does Odenigbo pull from a Red Cross package?

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

5. The phrase “a flat, sallow gray, like a poorly wiped blackboard” (196) offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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