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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is special about Obi's arrival in Onitsha, a few miles from his village?
(a) Obi's visit causes a few stares but most people go about their normal business.
(b) Everyone stays home from school and work to meet Obi.
(c) Village elders send a pleasure car to meet him on this special occasion.
(d) His father hires a bus to take all the relatives to meet him.

2. What is the stance of the organization's leaders toward his involvement in bribery in the UPU's discussions about Obi's case?
(a) They believe that Obi's lack of experience cause him to take the money personally rather than through his houseboy.
(b) They are ashamed that their member could have brought such disgrace upon them.
(c) They see nothing wrong with bribery.
(d) They are embarrassed by the discovery that they are a party to his involvement.

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

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

5. According to the stories shared by Obi and Joseph, to which international leader did Obi write a letter while in school?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Gandhi.

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

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

8. By using the expression "Augean stable", what literary device is the author using?
(a) Mythological allusion.
(b) Historical allusion.
(c) Biblical allusion.
(d) Folklore allusion.

9. 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 concludes Lagos is an Augean stable and vows to clean it up.
(c) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that only foreigners can cean up.
(d) Obi wonders where to begin cleaning the Augean stable and thinks a dictator is necessary.

10. What is Obi's full name?
(a) Obiokola.
(b) Obiajulu.
(c) Obilo Isaac.
(d) Obiolo St. Christopher.

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

12. Where does Obi first articulate his theory about corruption in Nigeria?
(a) In a paper he read to the Nigerian Students' Union in London.
(b) In a paper presented to the UPU.
(c) In a paper written while he was in high school.
(d) In a letter he wrote to the editor of a local newspaper.

13. Where does Joseph Okeke take Obi after the reception?
(a) The Palm Grove restaurant.
(b) The Tennis Club restaurant.
(c) The Sand Castle restaurant.
(d) The Port Royal restaurant.

14. According to the Vice-President, who "eats" most bribes in Nigeria?
(a) Black politicians.
(b) Black men.
(c) Black men and white men are equally involved.
(d) White men.

15. What warning does Obi's new boss give him when the two are introduced?
(a) That he hopes he learned something in England.
(b) That he should avoid the temptation of thinking he has arrived.
(c) That he should not be "bone-lazy" but use his "loaf."
(d) That he hopes there will not be a quick descent into taking bribes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Obi hope to receive support from his mother for his plan to marry Clara?

2. How does Obi react when the commissioner asks him the offensive question?

3. What reason does Clara offer for saying she cannot marry Obi?

4. How does Joseph interpret Obi's insistence on ignoring tradition and marrying Clara?

5. What is Obi's response when he and Clara go walking and she suddenly announces they cannot marry?

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