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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “A Private Experience,” what has the woman come to the market to sell?
(a) Meat.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Onions.
(d) Ground nuts.

2. In “A Private Experience,” where is Chika in school?
(a) Princeton.
(b) University of Lagos.
(c) London.
(d) Nsukka.

3. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what kind of juice does Kamara pour for Josh, then expect him to pour out?
(a) Grapefruit juice.
(b) Kale juice.
(c) Spinach juice.
(d) Pomegranate juice.

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

5. In “Ghosts,” what is the chief quality of the harmattan season?
(a) Destructive storms.
(b) Parching drought.
(c) Steady rain.
(d) Dry wind.

6. In “Cell One,” how does the narrator characterize Nnamabia’s response to imprisonment?
(a) She said that he was enjoying his role as sufferer.
(b) She said that he was indignant and outrageous to the guards.
(c) She said that he was deeply repentant.
(d) She said that he was mortified.

7. 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 too much food.
(c) Having forgotten cultures.
(d) Having been raised on false hopes.

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

9. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what has Josh been preparing for?
(a) A math assessment.
(b) A Read-a-Thon.
(c) Zany Brainy.
(d) A soccer game.

10. In “Imitation,” what are the features of the Benin mask Nkem is looking at while her friend tells her about her husband’s infidelity?
(a) Sharp cheeks.
(b) Severe nose.
(c) Bulging eyes.
(d) High brow.

11. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does Kamara’s husband Tobechi characterize people like Neil and Tracy?
(a) Crazy people who don’t know the value of work or money.
(b) Lonely white people who can pay for company.
(c) Confused white people who have ignored their culture.
(d) Rich white people who don’t know what to do with their money.

12. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what does Ujunwa say the guests at Jumping Monkey Hill have not seen around them?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Red-capped lizards.
(d) Black people.

13. In “Imitation,” what does Nkem give as her reason for moving back to Nigeria?
(a) She wants to kick the girlfriend out of her house.
(b) She wants to know when a new houseboy is hired in her house.
(c) She wants to have a marriage year round.
(d) She wants to be close to her family.

14. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what do the couple in the Zimbabwean’s story need to get, before they can get pregnant?
(a) A magic spell.
(b) A combination of medicinal herbs.
(c) A magic spell reversed.
(d) A confession from witches.

15. Where is "A Private Experience" set?
(a) The north of Nigeria.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) The south of Nigeria.
(d) The west of Nigeria.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how long has Kamara been working for Neil?

2. In “A Private Experience,” what does the woman invite Chika to sit on?

3. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Edward make Ujunwa uncomfortable?

4. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does Kamara characterize parenting in America?

5. In “Cell One,” how did the narrator’s brother Nnamabia make amends for stealing from his mother?

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