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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocks Joseph about Obi while they are at the restaurant?
(a) He does not eat any meat.
(b) He demands traditional Nigerian food.
(c) He drinks a lot of wine.
(d) He eats with his fingers.

2. Where do Obi and Clara meet again eighteen months after their first meeting?
(a) On the SS Liverpool.
(b) On the SS Lagos.
(c) On the MV Nigeria.
(d) On the MV Vasa.

3. Why do Christopher and Obi eat with their fingers while at Obi's house?
(a) They find it tastes better and throw off the pretense that it is uncivilized.
(b) The houseboy insists that this is the way to eat the food he cooks.
(c) It makes them feel they are really back home.
(d) They do not care what they do at home even though elsewhere they observe customs.

4. What is the name of Obi's houseboy?
(a) Zimonias.
(b) Zaccharia.
(c) Zebedee.
(d) Zaccheus.

5. Why does Obi send for Charles Ibe when he sees his financial situation worsening?
(a) Obi wants to borrow money from Ibe.
(b) Obi wants to collect a bribe that Ibe promised to pay him.
(c) Ibe knows a source of cheaper insurance.
(d) Obi is holding a promissory note to repay money that Ibe borrowed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the UPU want Obi to study law in England?

2. Why does Marie Tomlinson become suspicious when Mr. Mark asks to speak confidentially with Obi at the office?

3. How does the author use the conversation between Obi and Marie Tomlinson to broaden the portrayal of Mr. Green's character?

4. What is Obi's response when he and Clara go walking and she suddenly announces they cannot marry?

5. How does Joseph respond when Obi tells him of Clara's refusal to marry him because she is osu?

(see the answer key)

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