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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Head Nurse" – "Family".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Korede mix with water to pour over the blood stain in the trunk of her car in "Bleach"?
(a) Car grease.
(b) Ammonia.
(c) Baking soda.
(d) Lysol.

2. Who is the hospital receptionist that deals with the impatient man in the beginning of "Reception"?
(a) Taiwo.
(b) Assibi.
(c) Goru.
(d) Yinka.

3. What does Korede do with the piano in the end of "Home"?
(a) She cleans it.
(b) She plays it.
(c) She burns it.
(d) She sells it.

4. What does Korede describe seeing through the window on the day she bought her notebook, according to the narrative in "The Notebook"?
(a) A white rat.
(b) A white owl.
(c) A white dog.
(d) A white horse.

5. What word in "Family" refers to a traditional Nigerian greeting?
(a) Agbada.
(b) Tsugunnawa.
(c) Àmàlà.
(d) Gele.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Korede catch sleeping at the reception desk in "Coma"?

2. Who is the hospital staff member whose actions have led to the fight between Gimpe and Assibi in "Coma"?

3. What word in the novel refers to an African fruit known in English as a white star apple?

4. Korede says in "Red" that "Ayoola looks like a Bratz doll and I resemble" what (93)?

5. What word in the novel refers to a Nigerian food made from yam or cassava flour?

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