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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which of the following streets does Odenigbo have a house in Nsukka?
(a) Avim Street.
(b) Eni Njoku Street.
(c) Odim Street.
(d) Chief Imoke Street.

2. 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.

3. To which of the following does Olanna assert Odenigbo owes an apology?
(a) Anulika.
(b) Adebayo.
(c) Abonyi.
(d) Achara.

4. Which of the following does Special Julius deliver?
(a) Tullamore Dew.
(b) White Horse.
(c) Crown Royal.
(d) Jameson’s.

5. 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) Rhyme.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Susan serve Richard after he returns from Martin’s wedding?

2. Which of the following does Special Julius deliver?

3. About which of the following does Richard’s servant rebuke Kainene’s?

4. Which of the following does Richard buy on his way to weekend with Kainene?

5. The comment that “he felt like an understudy who hoped the actor would not show up” (79) offers an example of which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madu report having escaped the second coup?

2. What reaction does Kainene note about Richard’s first submitted article on the violence in Nigeria?

3. What chores does Ugwu adopt early in his service to Odenigbo?

4. Why does Richard initially assume Kainene is the mistress of a Nigerian politician?

5. In what way does Richard disappoint the Igbo elder with whom he discusses ancient bronze pots?

6. What differences does Uguw mark between himself and other houseboys?

7. How does Ugwu’s aunt describe Odenigbo at the beginning of the novel?

8. What are the chants offered at the seminar in Nsukka at which Ojukwu appears and speaks?

9. What virtue does Ugwu ascribe to the arigbe herb?

10. Why does Odenigbo reject the idea of pan-Africanism?

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