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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. What foreshadows trouble for Obi when evening prayers are said on the first day of his visit home?
(a) The prayers contain references to evil women and Obi believes they are cursing Clara.
(b) The prayers are filled with references to the devil and Obi believes something has happened to his sister.
(c) The prayers are filled with references to the devil and Obi suspects his mother is dying.
(d) Obi believes references to the devil in the prayers are intended for Clara.

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

3. After Clara and Obi discuss the situation concerning the response of his parents to their engagement, what comments of Clara foreshadow further trouble?
(a) Clara says there is something she had wanted to tell him, but she should be able to take care of it herself.
(b) She reveals that her parents are also against the marriage.
(c) She reveals that she is pregnant but wants him to leave it to her to manage it..
(d) She says she is in trouble at work but she is working things out.

4. What brings Obi additional criticism when his mother dies?
(a) He fails to turn up in time for his mother's funeral.
(b) They hear of him getting an osu woman pregnant.
(c) They hear of him forcing Clara to have an abortion.
(d) People criticize the paltry funeral held for the mother of a civil servant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Joseph show support for Obi after his mother dies?

2. How does Obi explain his physical appearance when Miss Tomlinson says he looks run down?

3. What does Obi decide to do when he learns that he might have to pay back money from his travel allowance?

4. How does Obi's distraction about the situation with his family affect his journey back to Lagos?

5. According to Mr. Green, what characteristic of Nigerians would prevent the country from being able to manage independence?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Obi reveals his suspicion that Clara is pregnant, how does Christopher react?

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

3. After Obi visits Clara in hospital and she turns her face to the wall, how do events escalate development towards Obi's downfall?

4. What happens When Obi and Clara visit the first doctor about her pregnancy?

5. What mixed feelings does Obi have about resisting the temptation to accept Mr. Mark's bribe?

6. After Obi returns from his visit home, how does Christopher react to Obi's news about the response of his parents to his plan to marry Clara?

7. What mixed reactions does Obi display in response to his mother's death?

8. At the beginning of Obi's visit to his parents, how does the author communicate Obi's feelings about his mother?

9. 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?

10. As Obi returns to office while Clara is hospitalized, how do the issues discussed at work contrast with the serious problems facing Obi?

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