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

2. 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) They find it tastes better and throw off the pretense that it is uncivilized.
(c) It makes them feel they are really back home.
(d) The houseboy insists that this is the way to eat the food he cooks.

3. Why does the Umuofia Progressive Union meet again to discuss Obi's case on the morning of the trial?
(a) Obi owes the UPU a lot of money for loans taken while he is studying.
(b) The UPU is co-defendant in the case.
(c) Obi is a prominent member of the UPU.
(d) Obi is indebted to the UPU because of their funding of his education.

4. What surprises Obi and Joseph about the restaurant?
(a) It does not sell any African food.
(b) It is owned by an old Englishwoman.
(c) It is almost empty on a Saturday evening.
(d) It is completely European in style and food.

5. What is Obi warned about at his farewell prayer meeting?
(a) He is to study hard and go often to church.
(b) He is to go to church and stay out of trouble.
(c) He is to "learn book," fear the Lord and not fall into the temptations of other young Africans.
(d) He is to study hard and not chase white women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Obi try to help with the family's situation?

2. By using the expression "Augean stable", what literary device is the author using?

3. Who chairs the prayer meeting that Obi's parents called before Obi goes to England?

4. What makes Obi go to a slum in Lagos when he returns from England?

5. What happens when Obi goes for his job interview with the Public Services Commission?

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