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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the stories shared by Obi and Joseph, to which international leader did Obi write a letter while in school?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Mussolini.

2. According to the Vice-President, who "eats" most bribes in Nigeria?
(a) Black men and white men are equally involved.
(b) Black men.
(c) Black politicians.
(d) White men.

3. What happens when Clara and Obi return and MacMillan leaves them after going ashore to Funchal?
(a) They decide not to see each other again because Clara is betrothed.
(b) Obi declares his love and kisses Clara, who responds with a violent kiss.
(c) They make plans to continue their relationship.
(d) They deide to leave things as they are and "see what happens" in Lagos.

4. How does Joseph respond upon hearing that Obi has purchased a ring for Clara?
(a) He asks Obi to consider future generations and those who paid for his education
(b) He asks him to consider the effect on the future of both Clara and himself.
(c) He asks him to consider his poor parents who are going to be disappointed.
(d) He asks him to consider the poor people who paid for his education.

5. What moves Obi even though he has little religion left while on the boat looking out to sea?
(a) He recalls, "I see my God in the sea and the sky."
(b) He recalls, "And into sea He stepped with is disciples."
(c) He recalls, "They that go down to the sea in ships."
(d) He recalls, "I must go down to the sea again."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the second doctor that Clara and Obi visit differ from the first?

2. How does the first doctor respond when Clara and Obi visit him?

3. How does one leader respond when Obi asks the UPU leaders to give him a four-month grace period before he has to start paying off his loan?

4. Which two people arrive as Obi and Joseph sit in the lounge at the restaurant in Chapter 4?

5. Why doesn't Obi mind when a long, noisy procession of the "Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim" delays his journey to Clara's house?

(see the answer key)

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