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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Headstrong Historian".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what time of year was it, when Nonso died?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

2. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how long ago did Nonso die, before the time of the story?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 12 years.

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

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

5. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” which of the other writers does Ujunwa think she will get along with?
(a) The Ugandan.
(b) The Zimbabwean.
(c) The Kenyan.
(d) The Senegalese.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Imitation,” what were the masks used for?

2. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna’s boyfriend say his parents give love?

3. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how long ago did Nwamgba lose her husband Obierika when the story starts?

4. In “Cell One,” what does the narrator say her brother said when she asked him if he was in a gang?

5. In “Ghosts,” why could professor Nwoye not throw anything at Ikenna Okoro?

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