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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 causes Obi's failure to repay Clara's money?
(a) Mr. Green demands that he repay the salary advance immediately.
(b) He gets news of his mother's death.
(c) He gets news of his father's death.
(d) He gets news of taxes he owes.

2. How does Obi respond to the assertions of Mr. Green and Miss Tomlinson about leave entitlements available to Africans?
(a) Obi says they know nothing about Nigerians.
(b) Obi says it is their country so they should have the same privileges as the British.
(c) Obi says that the Europeans set the rules when no Nigerians were in the senior service.
(d) Obi says Nigerians will show the Europeans what they are capable of.

3. What reason does Clara give for making her suggestion about their engagement?
(a) That she will ruin Obi's life by coming between him and his family.
(b) That Obi will not return from his visit home.
(c) That Obi's parents will disinherit him.
(d) That Obi will hate her for breaking off the engagement.

4. Why does Obi send for Charles Ibe when he sees his financial situation worsening?
(a) Obi wants to borrow money from Ibe.
(b) Obi is holding a promissory note to repay money that Ibe borrowed.
(c) Ibe knows a source of cheaper insurance.
(d) Obi wants to collect a bribe that Ibe promised to pay him.

5. What worries does Obi have about the expectations of the people at home as he makes his journey home?
(a) They will want to share in his good fortune.
(b) They will want to meet his bride-to-be.
(c) They will want to interfere in his business.
(d) They will want to give him all sorts of embarrassing gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author make it clear that Obi's financial situation is deteriorating after Obi resists Mr. Mark's offer of a bribe?

2. How does the author make it clear that the association between Nora and Pat, and Obi and Christopher is affected by racial issues?

3. How does Christopher deal with Obi's feelings about his mother's threat of suicide?

4. How does the author suggest that there is more than tennis to the relationship that Obi and Christoper have with Nora and Pat?

5. When Obi arrives home, what descriptions does the author give of his parents' rooms?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Obi and Marie Tomlinson become more cordial to each other, how does the author use these two characters to vary the portrayal of Mr. Green?

2. As Obi is caught with evidence of having accepted a bribe, how does the author indicate that outsiders have no idea how to account for what has happened to Obi?

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

4. Why does the author place emphasis on describing Obi's deteriorating financial situation after the incidents with Mr. Mark and Elsie, his sister?

5. Why is Obi distressed by the reaction of his mother when they discuss Obi's plan to marry Clara?

6. What incident involving Mr. Mark at Obi's office foreshadows Obi's eventual involvement with bribes over scholarships?

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

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

9. Describe briefly the incidents that occur between Obi and Clara on the night before Obi leaves for his visit to his home.

10. What are the examples evident of the author's use of humor When Christopher and Obi take Clara and Bisi dancing at the Imperial?

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