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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the older kinsmen respond after hearing Obi's stories about being at sea?
(a) They declare that Obi has been to the "land of the spirits."
(b) They declare that Obi is lucky to have been to hell and back.
(c) They declare that it is unfortunate that young men have to travel so far to get a good education.
(d) They declare that it is good for a man to return home.

2. What comment do the elders make about Christianity when Isaac refuses to placate the rainmaker to prevent the rain threatening Obi's homecoming?
(a) Christianity is all about convenience and man's effort to manipulate others.
(b) Christianity makes hypocrites of adherents like Isaac.
(c) There is no point to Christianity if members like Isaac do not use it to suit others.
(d) Christianity is like palm-wine; it goes to some people's heads, destroying their sense.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What early indication does Obi see how "Dear old Nigeria really works" as the boat docks in Lagos?

2. Why is the courtroom packed with spectators at Obi Okonkwo's trial?

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

4. What new evidence does Obi see about the pervasiveness of bribery in Nigeria on the way home on the wagon?

5. What new post has Clara been offered while Obi has been dealing with his new job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sights does Obi observe and how does he respond When Obi returns to Lagos from England and visits a Lagos slum?

2. How does the incident with the police and the lorry driver on the way to Umuofia affect Obi's views about getting rid of bribery?

3. Why does Obi feel tears in his eyes at the judge's lecture even though he is prepared for the sentence at the beginning of the novel?

4. What two mistakes does Obi make when Obi attends reception held in Lagos by the Umuofian Progressive Union to welcome him home?

5. What contact has there been between Clara and Obi before being together in the Lagos slum where Clara has a dressmaker?

6. What theory has he developed about ending corruption in Nigeria Before Obi begins to work? How has it evolved and why is it ironic?

7. How does Obi first disappoint the Umuofian progressive Union and the poor Umuofians who tax themselves heavily to send Obi to England to become a lawyer?

8. Before going to England, Obi spends time in Lagos with Joseph Okeke. Who is Joseph and how is he connected with Obi?

9. What internal conflict does Obi experience while he is on his first visit with his father at home?

10. What comments does Mr. Green make to suggest that he expected no better from Obi at the tennis club on the morning of the verdict?

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