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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 does the argument between Obi and Clara end on the night before he goes home?
(a) They part without any resolution.
(b) They terminate the relationship.
(c) They kiss passionately and make up.
(d) They end up in a physical fight.

2. Which friend does Christopher say will help Obi and Clara to find a doctor?
(a) Miss Tomlinson.
(b) James.
(c) Umuofia.
(d) Okoli.

3. What does Obi do in an effort to find solace for his distress about Clara's situation?
(a) He is so agitated that he almost crashes his car.
(b) He storms into the hospital at midnight demanding to see Clara.
(c) He cannot eat, sleep or read poems that normally console him.
(d) The author writes that Obi does not eat; he pulls down Houseman's volume but then reads no poems.

4. How does the author make it clear that Obi's financial situation is deteriorating after Obi resists Mr. Mark's offer of a bribe?
(a) He has fallen into debt with the UPU and owes someone at the office.
(b) He cannot find the money to pay John's fees and he owes Clara money.
(c) Obi finds it hard to live on what remains after paying the UPU and sending money to help his parents.
(d) He cannot find the money he promised to send to his parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Clara and Obi go with Christopher and his new girlfriend, Bisi?

2. When Obi returns to work, what comments by Mr. Green continue to reflect his disrespect for Nigerians?

3. Where do Christopher and Obi go to play tennis with Nora and Pat?

4. What character traits does Christopher display in the incident when he and Obi discuss the possibility of Clara's pregnancy?

5. How does Obi respond to the assertions of Mr. Green and Miss Tomlinson about leave entitlements available to Africans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes about Obi's thoughts when Obi approaches Mr. Omo about a salary advance and learns that his financial situation is even worse than he imagines?

2. What cynical comment does the author make concerning Obi's feelings about Elsie Mark's determination to get a scholarship when Elsie Mark visits Obi?

3. When Obi visits home, how does the issue of Clara being osu affect Obi's discussions with his father?

4. When Obi reaches home, how does the author use descriptions of the rooms of Obi's parents to portray their characters?

5. When Obi leaves Clara to go off with the doctor who is going to perform the abortion, how does the author reveal the extent of Obi's distress?

6. When Obi goes to Clara's after his visit home, how does the relationship between them take a turn for the worse?

7. Describe the two specific events after the death of Obi's mother that indicates that Obi has broken his resolve against accepting bribes.

8. What event illustrates the seriousness with which those who want scholarships After Mr. Mark's visit to Obi's office treat applications?

9. What is Christopher's reaction When Obi tells Christopher about Elsie Mark's visit ho his home and his decision to turn her down?

10. After Clara and Obi quarrel about his failure to ask her for money to help his situation, how does Obi demonstrate his reliance on reading to find solace?

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