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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Obi mind when a long, noisy procession of the "Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim" delays his journey to Clara's house?
(a) He has decided to break off the engagement.
(b) It gives him the chance to change his mind and go home instead.
(c) He is in a panic because he does not know what to tell Clara.
(d) He knows she is working late and he will have time to think.

2. What worries does Obi have about the expectations of the people at home as he makes his journey home?
(a) They will want to meet his bride-to-be.
(b) They will want to share in his good fortune.
(c) They will want to interfere in his business.
(d) They will want to give him all sorts of embarrassing gifts.

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

4. What feelings does Obi have when he sees his mother?
(a) He is relieved that she is not as bad as he feared.
(b) He is frightened to see how much weight she has lost.
(c) He is full of grief over her emaciated condition.
(d) He is encouraged to see her improvement.

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

6. What does the incident with Clara's abortion reveal about this aspect of life in Lagos?
(a) Abortions are illegal and expensive.
(b) Everyone looks down on a girl who has an abortion.
(c) Abortions are inexpensive but dangerous.
(d) Abortions are safe but expensive.

7. What does Obi consider doing in order to meet his mounting debts after speaking with Charles Ibe?
(a) Obi considers asking Mr. Green for a loan.
(b) Obi contemplates withholding payments from the UPU.
(c) Obi considers asking Mr. Omo for a salary advance.
(d) Obi contemplates an overdraft of £50 at his bank.

8. How does the author suggest that there is more than tennis to the relationship that Obi and Christoper have with Nora and Pat?
(a) He writes that Obi accuses Nora and Pat of racism because they rebuff their advances.
(b) He writes that Obi and Christopher quarrel over Nora.
(c) He writes that Nora rebuffs Obi's passionate kiss, saying it is a sin for Catholics.
(d) He writes that Obi kisses Pat passionately and the Mother sees them.

9. What literary device does the author use in the reference to Pilate in describing Isaac's attitude to "the written word?"
(a) Biblical allusion.
(b) Historical allusion.
(c) Mythological allusion.
(d) Literary allusion.

10. What brings a bad end to the occasion at the end of the evening after the two couples have enjoyed themselves?
(a) Christopher's car is missing from the parking lot.
(b) The couples are held up on their way to the car.
(c) Clara's money is missing from Obi's car.
(d) Obi's car is missing from the parking lot.

11. How does Obi finally get caught for his involvement in bribery?
(a) Mr. Omo sees Obi accepting money from a scholarship applicant at the club.
(b) An undercover policeman pays him a bribe with marked bills.
(c) A visitor returns with a stranger who finds Obi with marked bills after paying Obi money.
(d) Mr. Green has a spy follow Obi home and sees him accepting money.

12. Where do Christopher and Obi go to play tennis with Nora and Pat?
(a) The Civil Servants' Tennis Club.
(b) The YMCA.
(c) The British tennis club.
(d) The Catholic convent.

13. Why does Obi tell Christopher a story about a catechist twenty years before who was in such a hurry to marry that she cut her education short and was bitter?
(a) To encourage Christopher to consider becoming a Christian.
(b) To prevent Christopher from causing a woman to be bitter about being prevented from completing her studies.
(c) To warn Christopher about the dangers of having more than one woman.
(d) To demonstrate the troubles men encounter because of women.

14. How does Marie Tomlinson respond when she sees Obi's distress about his financial situation?
(a) She offers to lend him money.
(b) She blames him for living above his means.
(c) She commiserates with him about the high costs in Nigeria.
(d) She says all the educated Nigerians are the same; they have no financial discipline.

15. How bad is the situation when Obi's insurance bill actually arrives?
(a) The insurance costs £42 and Obi has £13 in the bank.
(b) The insurance has to be paid much sooner than Obi expected.
(c) The insurance costs £60 and Obi has £15 in the bank.
(d) The insurance costs twice what Obi expected.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the relationship between Obi and Marie Tomlinson develop after she witnesses Obi's distress about his finances?

2. Which friend does Christopher say will help Obi and Clara to find a doctor?

3. How does Obi eventually feel about his mother's death?

4. Which girl does Christopher consider marrying except for the fact that she is going away to study?

5. How do the visitors at Obi's home react after he has been there a couple of days?

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