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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Christopher and Obi eat with their fingers while at Obi's house?
(a) They do not care what they do at home even though elsewhere they observe customs.
(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 find it tastes better and throw off the pretense that it is uncivilized.

2. Why is the courtroom packed with spectators at Obi Okonkwo's trial?
(a) Because he has such a prominent position in the civil service.
(b) Because he is a member of prominent political party.
(c) Because of Obi's prominence as a young scholar educated at the expense of many poor Africans.
(d) Because he has taken so many bribes.

3. Who is the judge at the trial of Obi Okonkwo as the novel opens?
(a) Isaac Galloway.
(b) Sam Okoli.
(c) Christopher Josephs.
(d) Justice William Galloway.

4. What is Christopher's usual response to Obi's comments about the civil service?
(a) He echoes all of Obi's views.
(b) He ignores most of what Obi says.
(c) He opposes everything Obi says about the civil service.
(d) He always finds an excuse for what Obi describes in the civil service.

5. What makes Obi go to a slum in Lagos when he returns from England?
(a) For a job interview.
(b) To visit his friend Christopher.
(c) His girlfriend, Clara, has a dressmaker there.
(d) To see his uncle Okolo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Umuofia Progressive Union meet again to discuss Obi's case on the morning of the trial?

2. Why is Obi's description of the streets and market in the Lagos slum ironic?

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

4. According to a flashback, where does Obi first meet Clara?

5. Where does Joseph Okeke take Obi after the reception?

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