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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What descriptive passage communicates the setting and culture in the Onitsha market?
(a) Children are dancing and playing drums while women sell garri.
(b) There is a dancing beggar and men who sell "Long Life Mixture."
(c) Drunken men swagger in the street while women flirt and dance.
(d) To the sound of blaring local music, men are selling a concoction, women sell garri, and give to a dancing beggar.

2. How do the older kinsmen respond after hearing Obi's stories about being at sea?
(a) They declare that Obi has been to the "land of the spirits."
(b) They declare that Obi is lucky to have been to hell and back.
(c) They declare that it is unfortunate that young men have to travel so far to get a good education.
(d) They declare that it is good for a man to return home.

3. Where does Obi first articulate his theory about corruption in Nigeria?
(a) In a paper he read to the Nigerian Students' Union in London.
(b) In a paper presented to the UPU.
(c) In a paper written while he was in high school.
(d) In a letter he wrote to the editor of a local newspaper.

4. What old nickname of Obi's is revealed while Obi and Joseph are recalling old times?
(a) Word Warrior.
(b) Wordpower.
(c) Still Waters.
(d) Dictionary.

5. What are the villagers particularly happy about?
(a) That Obi has not forgotten his roots.
(b) That Obi is about to get a good job.
(c) That Obi will live where those who get "European jobs" live.
(d) That Obi has not brought home a white wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminds Obi of England during his reception for which hundreds turn out?

2. How does Obi react when the commissioner asks him the offensive question?

3. Why does Clara imply that Obi should not complain when he complains about seeing "good movies?"

4. What comment do the elders make about Christianity when Isaac refuses to placate the rainmaker to prevent the rain threatening Obi's homecoming?

5. From which university has Christopher received his degree?

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