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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Jumping Monkey Hill".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Ghosts,” why does Professor Nwoye refrain from telling his daughter about his wife’s visits?
(a) She will put him in a home.
(b) She will medicate him.
(c) She will bring him to America.
(d) She will marry him into a family that will look after him.

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

3. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what phrase almost prevented Kamara getting the babysitting job?
(a) Biracial.
(b) Mulatto.
(c) Half-caste.
(d) Mixed-blood.

4. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” who is the workshop leader?
(a) The Zimbabwean.
(b) The Senegalese
(c) The Kenyan.
(d) The Ugandan.

5. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” why did Edward think the Zimbabwean’s story was passé?
(a) The language was archaic.
(b) More important things were happening in Africa.
(c) The Africa he knew did not have magic in it.
(d) Magic is last century’s Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Cell One,” what does the narrator say the Enugu police were known for?

2. In “Ghosts,” why does Ikenna say there was no reason for him to return to Nigeria?

3. In “Cell One,” how does the narrator characterize Nnamabia’s response to imprisonment?

4. In “Cell One,” what led to the circumstances under which Nnamabia was arrested?

5. In “Cell One,” what happened when the narrator’s father confronted her brother about the second theft from their house?

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