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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Thing Around Your Neck".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna get a job after leaving her uncle’s house?
(a) She offers to do jobs no one else wants to do.
(b) She shows the hiring manager her experience.
(c) She tells the manager who her parents are.
(d) She offers to work for less than the regular waitresses.

2. In “A Private Experience,” who are the aggressors in the riots the women are hiding from?
(a) Fulani Christians.
(b) Igbo Christians.
(c) Yoruba.
(d) Hausa Muslims.

3. In “Ghosts,” why could professor Nwoye not throw anything at Ikenna Okoro?
(a) There as no sand at the university.
(b) There was no money to throw.
(c) There were no gifts to give.
(d) There were no rocks in the Staff Club.

4. What does the “thing around your neck” do to Akunna?
(a) Allow her to keep breathing.
(b) Nearly choke her.
(c) Allow her to sing.
(d) Fills her with grief.

5. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Ujunwa characterize what her father did to her?
(a) In undid her.
(b) It surprised her.
(c) It betrayed her.
(d) It created her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Ghosts,” what does Professor Nwoye buy for the men under the flame tree?

2. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” which of the other writers does Ujunwa think she will get along with?

3. In “A Private Experience,” what medical advice does Chika give the woman?

4. In “Ghosts,” what does Professor Nwoye’s daughter Nkiru’s name mean?

5. In “Imitation,” what dividing line does Nkem say has blurred in America?

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