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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Obi turn to for solace when at home in his distress after refusing dinner?
(a) T. S. Eliot's poetry collection.
(b) A.E. Houseman's "Collected Poems."
(c) Shakespeare's Sonnets.
(d) A.E. Houseman's poems about Nigeria.

2. How does Obi eventually feel about his mother's death?
(a) He feels lonely and disappointed bu also relieved.
(b) He is angry about losing Clara for nothing.
(c) He cannot recall his mother and feels only anger.
(d) He feels peace as his mother's memory fades.

3. What does the author reveal about a special aspect of Nigerian culture, when the two couples go out on a date?
(a) There are three ways of dressing to go dancing: European, Intimate and Ecstatic.
(b) There are three types of drinks at the bar: European, Intimate and Ecstatic.
(c) There are three ways of dancing the "High-life": European, Intimate and Ecstatic.
(d) There are three sections of the club: European, Intimate and Ecstatic.

4. How does the second doctor that Clara and Obi visit differ from the first?
(a) The second doctor is less caring, more business like, and more interested in money.
(b) The second doctor is more understanding because he is young.
(c) The second doctor makes light of the situation and just tells them the cost.
(d) The second doctor gives no advice but warns that abortions are illegal.

5. What steps does Obi try to implement at home in order to curtail his expenses?
(a) He plans to save on electricity and water.
(b) He plans to save on electricity and telephone cost.
(c) he plans to save on electricity and entertainment.
(d) He tries to save by cutting back on meat purchases and reducing use of electricity.

6. When Obi goes to visit Clara in hospital, what comments by the doctor foreshadow what will happen between Clara and Obi?
(a) The doctor says Clara is too angry to speak to Obi.
(b) The doctor says Clara might not want to see Obi.
(c) The doctor says Clara has given up on Obi.
(d) The doctor says there is not much hope for Clara.

7. What story does his father share when Obi announces he will leave early to return to Lagos?
(a) He tells the story of a boy who dies after hurting his family and running away.
(b) He tells the story of a boy who marries an outcast and never finds happiness.
(c) How he was taken by missionaries and his father put a curse on him.
(d) He tells the story of a woman who dies of heartbreak after her son marries an outcast.

8. According to Mr. Green, what characteristic of Nigerians would prevent the country from being able to manage independence?
(a) Green believes Nigerians like Obi are lazy through and through.
(b) Green believes there is too much corruption and lack of patriotism.
(c) Green believes no Nigerian will put privilege over his country.
(d) Green believes Nigerians have no discipline or loyalty.

9. How does the first doctor respond when Clara and Obi visit him?
(a) He says they should go back to England where these prejudices do not exist.
(b) He says they should go to the public clinic which is cheaper.
(c) He says he cannot risk his reputation and practice over an abortion and that Obi should marry the pretty girl.
(d) He says Clara should get help in her own village for privacy's sake.

10. What happens to Clara after her hospitalization?
(a) She resigns her job and goes back to England.
(b) She abandons her job and disappears to her village.
(c) She resigns her job and goes to the Cameroons.
(d) She takes seventy days leave and disappears.

11. For what kind of leave does Obi apply when he has to go home to deal with the news he receives?
(a) Departmental leave.
(b) Special leave.
(c) Local leave.
(d) Personal leave.

12. To which literary character does Obi compare Mr. Green?
(a) Mr. Darcy in "Pride & Prejudice."
(b) Hamlet in Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
(c) Kurtz in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
(d) Pip in "Great Expectations."

13. What is the first report of Obi's involvement in bribery?
(a) Obi accepts a bribe from a colleague whose daughter needs a scholarship.
(b) Obi sleeps with a scholarship applicant and then recommends her for the scholarship.
(c) A prosperous Lagos businessman hands him money to get his son to England on scholarship one evening during scholarship season.
(d) He finally accepts money to make his payments to the UPU.

14. How does Christopher deal with Obi's feelings about his mother's threat of suicide?
(a) Both are worried but Christopher makes light of it.
(b) Obi does not take it too seriously but Christopher warns that he should listen to his mother.
(c) Obi says he is only concerned about marrying Clara and Christopher calls him a fool.
(d) Christopher tells a story of a woman who threatened suicide but backed away.

15. Where does Obi try to get money from to pay back Clara's loan?
(a) He asks Miss Tomlinson to lend him some money.
(b) He asks Mr. Green about a staff loan.
(c) He calls Okoli about another loan.
(d) He asks Mr. Omo about a salary advance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Christopher's response to hearing that Obi turned down advances from Elsie Mark?

2. On what assumption does Mr. Green find it necessary to warn Obi about paying his car insurance?

3. Why is Clara upset with Obi when she hears about him contemplating a bank overdraft?

4. How does Clara embarrass Obi when he finally sees her in the hospital?

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

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