1. How does one leader respond when Obi asks the UPU leaders to give him a four-month grace period before he has to start paying off his loan?
(a) The President warns that other returning scholars have found themselves in trouble.
(b) The President warns that bright young people need to learn to manage their financial affairs.
(c) The President warns that Obi should not do anything to bring the UPU into disrepute.
(d) The President warns that Lagos' sweetness causes the downfall of many young people.

2. 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 will be good to live there when he gets his "European post."
(b) He wants Clara to be happy when they marry and go there to live.
(c) He thinks it is necessary to live there to show that he has accomplished something.
(d) It makes Obi think of the twin kernels in palm-nuts: one shiny, black, and alive, and the other powdery, white, and dead.

3. How is it made clear that the matter is not over after Obi resists Mr. Mark's offer of a bribe?
(a) Elsie, Mr. Mark's sister, turns up at the office later the same afternoon.
(b) Mr. Mark calls the office and threatens Obi.
(c) Mr. Mark's father turns up at the office later the same afternoon.
(d) Elsie, Mr. Mark's sister, visits Obi at home.

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

5. What happens that makes Obi smile while reading that evening?
(a) Obi reads his poetry to remind him of the carefree days in London.
(b) Obi finds an old paper on which he had written a poem about Nigeria.
(c) Obi writes a poem that evening.
(d) Obi re-reads his first collection of poems written while he was studying.