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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. Where do Obi and Clara meet again eighteen months after their first meeting?
(a) On the MV Nigeria.
(b) On the SS Lagos.
(c) On the SS Liverpool.
(d) On the MV Vasa.

2. Why do Christopher and Obi eat with their fingers while at Obi's house?
(a) They find it tastes better and throw off the pretense that it is uncivilized.
(b) The houseboy insists that this is the way to eat the food he cooks.
(c) They do not care what they do at home even though elsewhere they observe customs.
(d) It makes them feel they are really back home.

3. What causes Obi to storm out of the December UPU meeting in anger, intending not to return?
(a) The comments of the elders about Obi's arrogance.
(b) The President's refusal to approve Obi's request for a grace period.
(c) The President's reference to rumors about Obi's plans to marry a girl of "doubtful ancestry."
(d) The revelation that Obi has already been living above his means.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Vice-President, who "eats" most bribes in Nigeria?

2. What makes Obi go to a slum in Lagos when he returns from England?

3. How does the author prove the assertion that Obi has been homesick while studying in England when Obi is communicating with his villagers?

4. What is special about Obi's arrival in Onitsha, a few miles from his village?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What references to bribery show that the members are very familiar with corruption in Nigeria At the reception held to welcome Obi home?

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

4. What complaints does Obi make about an encounter with the police after buying the ring and returning home to Joseph?

5. What happens at Obi's job interview with the Public Service Commission?

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

7. What views about the "bride-price" do Obi and Joseph discuss after speaking about Obi's job interview?

8. 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,?

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

10. After arguing with Joseph, how does Obi first demonstrate the seriousness of his intentions to marry Clara?

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