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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 the encounter with bribery on the way home cause Obi to think about the situation?
(a) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that requires educated people to clean it up.
(b) Obi wonders where to begin cleaning the Augean stable and thinks a dictator is necessary.
(c) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that only foreigners can cean up.
(d) Obi concludes Lagos is an Augean stable and vows to clean it up.

2. What is "God's Case no Appeal" that Obi comes across on the way home to await his interview results?
(a) A boat anchored at the Lagos dock.
(b) A mini bus going to a village.
(c) The Mammy wagon in which he rides first class.
(d) A demonstration against a court case in Lagos.

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

4. What bothers Obi when he sees his parents when he goes home?
(a) Their illness and age.
(b) Their poverty and disappointment in him.
(c) Their poverty and age.
(d) Their frail health and their poverty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the villagers particularly happy about?

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

3. According to the author's comments, why are some people's faces sullen as they wait to greet travelers returning?

4. What is Obi told about the many dead dogs in the street when he visits the slum in Lagos?

5. What early indication does Obi see how "Dear old Nigeria really works" as the boat docks in Lagos?

(see the answer key)

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