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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Obi view the luxurious residential area originally meant for Europeans but later occupied by the trickle of Africans who get European posts?
(a) He thinks it is necessary to live there to show that he has accomplished something.
(b) He thinks it will be good to live there when he gets his "European post."
(c) He wants Clara to be happy when they marry and go there to live.
(d) It makes Obi think of the twin kernels in palm-nuts: one shiny, black, and alive, and the other powdery, white, and dead.

2. How do the older kinsmen respond after hearing Obi's stories about being at sea?
(a) They declare that Obi is lucky to have been to hell and back.
(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 it is unfortunate that young men have to travel so far to get a good education.

3. What moves Obi even though he has little religion left while on the boat looking out to sea?
(a) He recalls, "And into sea He stepped with is disciples."
(b) He recalls, "I must go down to the sea again."
(c) He recalls, "I see my God in the sea and the sky."
(d) He recalls, "They that go down to the sea in ships."

4. As the celebration continues, how does the author use an argument about kola nuts to reveal the clash between Christian beliefs and folklore?
(a) Ibo refuses to partake in the superstitious practices involving kola nuts.
(b) Isaac refuses to partake in the breaking of Kola nuts on Ibo's head.
(c) Isaac declares that although kola nuts are eaten in his Christian house, they are not sacrificed to idols.
(d) Isaac objects when the elders want to sprinkle kola nut oil in the house.

5. What is Christopher's view about bribery?
(a) He says taking willing Elsie to bed after her interview does not qualify as bribery.
(b) He says white members of the committee would have accepted Miss Mark's offer.
(c) He says everybody is influenced by something.
(d) He says only acceptance of money constitutes bribery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens that makes Obi smile while reading that evening?

2. What causes Obi to storm out of the December UPU meeting in anger, intending not to return?

3. While Obi tries to concentrate on work despite bad news from home, what comment about a Nigerian student does Mr. Green make while dictating a letter to Marie Tomlinson?

4. What cynical feeling does Obi have about seeing how insistent the Marks family is on doing whatever it takes for Elsie to get a scholarship?

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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