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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Lagos does Joseph live?
(a) Ikoyi.
(b) Umuofia Park.
(c) Lagos Motor Park in the Obalende.
(d) The Motor Park in Umuofia.

2. What reminds Obi of England during his reception for which hundreds turn out?
(a) He recalls playing boring cricket while in England.
(b) He recalls with shame, singing God Save the Queen in England.
(c) A song reminds him of Empire Day when Protestants and Catholic compete.
(d) He recalls how in England every occasion warranted drinking tea.

3. What offensive question does the commissioner who has been sleeping in the interview ask Obi when he wakes up?
(a) Whether he has brought home a white wife.
(b) Whether he intends to take bribes.
(c) How long he willl survive the system.
(d) Whether he can rise above the laziness of his people.

4. 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) Children are dancing and playing drums while women sell garri.
(c) There is a dancing beggar and men who sell "Long Life Mixture."
(d) Drunken men swagger in the street while women flirt and dance.

5. What negative comments does Mr. Green make about Africans after his tennis match on the morning of the trial?
(a) They cannot help themselves because they are born inferior.
(b) That Africans are too corrupt to benefit from European education.
(c) Africans are corrupt, sapped mentally and physically, and given a Western education that they do not know how to use.
(d) They are all physically and mentally backward.

6. What shocks Joseph about Obi while they are at the restaurant?
(a) He drinks a lot of wine.
(b) He demands traditional Nigerian food.
(c) He does not eat any meat.
(d) He eats with his fingers.

7. How does Obi know Joseph Okeke whom he visits in Lagos before leaving for England?
(a) From the Lagos slum where they went to school together.
(b) From Umuofia University.
(c) He is Clara's brother.
(d) He is Obi's former classmate.

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

9. From which university has Christopher received his degree?
(a) University of Cambridge.
(b) University of Oxford.
(c) London School of Economics.
(d) University of London.

10. What new evidence does Obi see about the pervasiveness of bribery in Nigeria on the way home on the wagon?
(a) The lorry driver bribes the police when they stop the vehicle for speeding.
(b) The lorry driver bribes the police when they stop him for driving without a license.
(c) After being stopped by the police, a lorry driver drives until his mate runs back and pays more than it would have cost.
(d) The lorry driver bribes the police when they stop the driver for over-crowding.

11. What is Obi told about the many dead dogs in the street when he visits the slum in Lagos?
(a) They are part of the "Old Nigeria" that Obi has forgotten.
(b) It is good luck to kill a dog with one's new car but bad luck to kill a duck.
(c) They are injured by bad drivers who do not pick them up.
(d) There is no government agency to move them.

12. What is Obi's theory about corruption in Nigeria?
(a) Obi believes corruption will end when the British leave.
(b) That only foreigners in high places can stamp out corruption.
(c) That corruption among whites is the foundation for all corruption.
(d) Nigeria will remain corrupt until the "old Africans" are replaced by young educated men.

13. Which veteran civil servant is assigned to teach Obi about office administration?
(a) Mr. Omo.
(b) Mr. Green.
(c) Mr. Okoli.
(d) Mr. Umuofia.

14. What makes Obi go to a slum in Lagos when he returns from England?
(a) His girlfriend, Clara, has a dressmaker there.
(b) To visit his friend Christopher.
(c) For a job interview.
(d) To see his uncle Okolo.

15. Why does Obi hope to receive support from his mother for his plan to marry Clara?
(a) They have a special bond because she was the one who told him old African stories.
(b) They have a special bond because he is her only son.
(c) They have a special bond because he is the last child.
(d) They have a special bond since she cut her hand on a razor in his pocket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people arrive as Obi and Joseph sit in the lounge at the restaurant in Chapter 4?

2. How does Joseph respond upon hearing that Obi has purchased a ring for Clara?

3. According to the Vice-President, who "eats" most bribes in Nigeria?

4. Where does Obi take Clara to celebrate his new car?

5. Where has Clara been living since returning to Nigeria?

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