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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The American Embassy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Ghosts,” what national scandal affected Professor Nwoye’s wife’s death?
(a) Medicine shortages.
(b) Skyrocketing health care prices.
(c) Fake drugs.
(d) Doctors’ strikes.

2. In “A Private Experience,” how did the riots start?
(a) A soldier beat a man.
(b) A man looked at another man’s woman.
(c) A man ran over a Koran with his car.
(d) A merchant cheated a customer.

3. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” why does Ujunwa not use the name Ibarra for the character in her story?
(a) Too exotic.
(b) Too masculine.
(c) Too commonplace.
(d) Too cliché.

4. In “Imitation,” what dividing line does Nkem say has blurred in America?
(a) Husband/wife.
(b) Boss/employee.
(c) Madam/housegirl.
(d) Friend/family.

5. In “On Monday of Last Week,” were do the problems in American parenting come from, according to Kamara?
(a) Having never reconciled brutalities in their history.
(b) Having been raised on false hopes.
(c) Having too much food.
(d) Having forgotten cultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Cell One,” how does the narrator prevent her parents from visiting Nnamabia in prison, after the first week?

2. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what do the couple in the Zimbabwean’s story need to get, before they can get pregnant?

3. In “Imitation,” what was it that kept Obiora in Nigeria?

4. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what does Ujunwa say happened to her right before she came to Jumping Monkey Hill?

5. In “Imitation,” why does Nkem’s acquaintance say that the men stay in Nigeria?

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