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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. Who is the judge at the trial of Obi Okonkwo as the novel opens?
(a) Sam Okoli.
(b) Isaac Galloway.
(c) Justice William Galloway.
(d) Christopher Josephs.

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

3. 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) Whether he has brought home a white wife.
(d) How long he willl survive the system.

4. How does Obi try to help with the family's situation?
(a) He promises to send monthly sums to pay Charity's fees.
(b) He promises to send money for food and medicine.
(c) He promises to send a lump sum each month to cover their big expenses.
(d) He promises to send money each month to help his parents and to pay his brother's school fees.

5. What complaint does Obi make to Joseph about treatment he receives from the police when he goes out driving with Clara?
(a) He leers at Clara while they are walking on Victoria Beach Road.
(b) He hassles them on Victoria Beach Road, questioning the source of Obi's car.
(c) He hassles them on Victoria Beach Road questioning how Obi can afford a driver.
(d) He hassles them when they park on Victoria Beach Road thinking Clara is the wife of someone else. someone's else's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the stories shared by Obi and Joseph, to which international leader did Obi write a letter while in school?

2. How do Obi and Joseph plan to make a special entrance that will show off Obi's new car at the December meeting of the UPU?

3. Who is Obi's new boss?

4. What is Obi told about the many dead dogs in the street when he visits the slum in Lagos?

5. While Obi is home enjoying his interaction with his kinsmen, what thoughts does he have that indicate that he harbors resentment against the British?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How welcoming is Mr. Green when Obi is introduced on his first day at work in the civil service?

3. What causes Obi to storm out of the December UPU meeting in a rage?

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

5. What warning does the Rev. Samuel Ikedi give to Obi On the occasion of the banquet that Obi's father Isaac hold for him before he goes to study in England,?

6. Why does Obi accuse Joseph of having a colonial mentality When Obi and Joseph discuss Obi's job interview with the Public service Commission?

7. What spoils his homecoming when Obi arrives home in Umuofia?

8. What makes Obi especially interested in a new arrival at the Pine Grove while he and Joseph are there?

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

10. What turn does the relationship between Obi and Clara take shortly after getting his new job?

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