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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Arrangers of Marriage".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The Shivering,” how did Udenna justify breaking up with Ukamaka?
(a) He said that he had fallen out of love with her.
(b) He said that their relationship had become staid.
(c) He said that he had another woman in Nigeria.
(d) He said that his parents demanded he split with her and come home.

2. In “A Private Experience,” what aspect of the Hausa woman does the narrator say Chika will remember?
(a) Her gentleness.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her suffering.
(d) Her despair.

3. In “Imitation,” how does Nkem say it came to pass that she raised the children alone in the U.S.?
(a) Her husband planned it that way.
(b) It just happened.
(c) Her husband’s plans to join them kept being interrupted.
(d) She planned it that way.

4. In “The American Embassy,” what does the embassy interviewer want from the woman asking for asylum?
(a) A loyalty oath.
(b) Witnesses.
(c) Details.
(d) Testimony related to other applicants.

5. In “Ghosts,” what does Professor Nwoye’s daughter Nkiru’s name mean?
(a) God is faithful.
(b) We are blessed.
(c) The river gave us a daughter.
(d) What is ahead is better.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Ghosts,” why does Professor Nwoye refrain from telling his daughter about his wife’s visits?

2. In “Ghosts,” what is the chief quality of the harmattan season?

3. In “Imitation,” what preparation has Nkem neglected to make, when Obiora comes home?

4. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what kinds of things did the Akunna’s relatives ask for as gifts from America?

5. In “The American Embassy,” what is the woman’s frame of mind?

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