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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna get a job after leaving her uncle’s house?
(a) She shows the hiring manager her experience.
(b) She offers to work for less than the regular waitresses.
(c) She offers to do jobs no one else wants to do.
(d) She tells the manager who her parents are.

2. In “The American Embassy,” what number does the woman hold in the line of people outside the American embassy?
(a) 200.
(b) 92.
(c) 1.
(d) 48.

3. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” where does Akunna live when she arrives in America?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Maine.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

4. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how did Nwamgba propose to solve the problem of their infertility as a couple?
(a) By finding Obierika a second wife.
(b) By visiting a witch doctor.
(c) By getting pregnant by a lover.
(d) By adopting children.

5. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” where do Odofile and Chinaza live?
(a) Flatbush.
(b) Brooklyn Heights.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Bay Ridge.

6. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what did the narrator wait for her mother to recognize?
(a) Her ambition and her good sense.
(b) Her voice and her agility.
(c) Her intellect and her daring.
(d) Her looks and her practicality.

7. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what does Akunna’s name mean?
(a) People’s pride.
(b) Gift from the earth.
(c) Blessed child.
(d) Father’s wealth.

8. In “The Shivering,” what happened on the same day that the play crashed in Nigeria?
(a) The Nigerian first lady died.
(b) The Nigerian soccer team played its world cup game.
(c) The Nigerian president died.
(d) The stock market crashed.

9. In “The American Embassy,” what does the woman remember the government agents smelled like, when they came to her house?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Mangoes.
(d) Cheap perfume.

10. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna’s uncle describe America?
(a) It is give and take.
(b) It is cat and mouse.
(c) It is dog eat dog.
(d) It is location, location, location.

11. In “The American Embassy,” what does the man in line behind the woman speculate about the people in the American embassy?
(a) They must enjoy being so important.
(b) They must be glad to fly home.
(c) They must not envy the Africans.
(d) They must enjoy watching soldiers beat people.

12. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how was Nwamgba treated by the other women in her region?
(a) As a clown.
(b) As a wise woman.
(c) As an outcast.
(d) As a reliable worker.

13. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what did Anikwenwa learn to do in Lagos?
(a) Practice medicine.
(b) Teach.
(c) Buy and sell land.
(d) Practice law.

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

15. In “The American Embassy,” what is the woman’s frame of mind?
(a) Chatty.
(b) Voluble.
(c) Blank.
(d) Attentive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what did Akunna find in the community college students she studied with?

2. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what sound did the narrator envy her mother making for Nonso?

3. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what made Nwamgba look forward to death?

4. In “The American Embassy,” what spectacle does the woman not pay attention to?

5. What does the “thing around your neck” do to Akunna?

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