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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) He arranges for them to arrive late.
(b) He arranges for the car to be decorated in a special way.
(c) He arranges for them to park in a special spot where everyone will see their arrival.
(d) He arranges for the welcoming committee to meet them in the parking lot.

2. What is the meaning of Obi's full name?
(a) One who will do great things.
(b) The last of my father's children.
(c) One born to woe.
(d) The mind at last is at rest.

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

4. When Obi and Clara go out for drinks with Minister of State, Okoli, what does the Minister drink?
(a) Gin and tonic.
(b) Martinis.
(c) Rum and Coke.
(d) Whiskey and soda.

5. What happens when Obi goes for his job interview with the Public Services Commission?
(a) Obi impresses the panel and they offer him a job imediately.
(b) Obi talks about modern poetry and novels.
(c) Obi ridicules a panelist who falls asleep.
(d) Obi is bored and disinterested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Clara give for going to Obi's cabin?

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

3. What shocks Joseph about Obi while they are at the restaurant?

4. What does the encounter with bribery on the way home cause Obi to think about the situation?

5. How does Obi view the luxurious residential area originally meant for Europeans but later occupied by the trickle of Africans who get European posts?

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