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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Obi have breakfast on the first morning on the boat?
(a) Mr. Jones and Mrs. Wright.
(b) Mr. MacMillan and Clara.
(c) Mr. MacMillan and Mrs. Wright.
(d) Mr. MacMillan, Stephen Udom, Mr. Jones and Clara.

2. What is special about Obi's arrival in Onitsha, a few miles from his village?
(a) Obi's visit causes a few stares but most people go about their normal business.
(b) Village elders send a pleasure car to meet him on this special occasion.
(c) Everyone stays home from school and work to meet Obi.
(d) His father hires a bus to take all the relatives to meet him.

3. According to Obi, what is the best European novel written about West Africa?
(a) Things Fall Apart.
(b) The Heart of the Matter.
(c) My Heart is Still in Africa.
(d) The Lost Continent.

4. What offensive question does the commissioner who has been sleeping in the interview ask Obi when he wakes up?
(a) How long he willl survive the system.
(b) Whether he can rise above the laziness of his people.
(c) Whether he intends to take bribes.
(d) Whether he has brought home a white wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Obi and Joseph plan to make a special entrance that will show off Obi's new car at the December meeting of the UPU?

2. What is the stance of the organization's leaders toward his involvement in bribery in the UPU's discussions about Obi's case?

3. What helps to cement a friendship between MacMillan and Obi?

4. What is Obi's full name?

5. What two big mistakes does Obi make at the big reception that the UPU holds for Obi on Saturday?

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