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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Obi do while awaiting the results of his interview?
(a) He goes to Clara's village for a short visit with her parents.
(b) He goes home to Umuofia for a short visit.
(c) He goes back to Obiajulu for a short visit.
(d) He goes to the Cameroon village for a short visit.

2. Why is Obi's description of the streets and market in the Lagos slum ironic?
(a) It is nothing like his life in England.
(b) It is the same life to which Obi must return after being educated.
(c) It is a far cry from the sweet Nigeria about which he writes a nostalgic poem in England.
(d) It has not changed in all the years Obi has been away.

3. How does Obi react to a song that the traders are singing while continuing his journey home on the wagon?
(a) He wants to drown the noise out so he can concentrate on his thoughts.
(b) He considers its meaning and is delighted when he finds out.
(c) He is embarrassed at the erotic words.
(d) He is amused that it contains erotic Ibo words.

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

5. What comment do the elders make about Christianity when Isaac refuses to placate the rainmaker to prevent the rain threatening Obi's homecoming?
(a) Christianity is all about convenience and man's effort to manipulate others.
(b) There is no point to Christianity if members like Isaac do not use it to suit others.
(c) Christianity makes hypocrites of adherents like Isaac.
(d) Christianity is like palm-wine; it goes to some people's heads, destroying their sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which veteran civil servant is assigned to teach Obi about office administration?

2. What happens when Clara and Obi return and MacMillan leaves them after going ashore to Funchal?

3. How does Obi know Joseph Okeke whom he visits in Lagos before leaving for England?

4. How does the author prove the assertion that Obi has been homesick while studying in England when Obi is communicating with his villagers?

5. What new evidence does Obi see about the pervasiveness of bribery in Nigeria on the way home on the wagon?

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