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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," why did Grandmama say that Nonso could sip the coconuts first?
(a) He was the son of her son.
(b) He was the son of her daughter.
(c) He was the eldest.
(d) He was the fastest.

2. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what kinds of things did the Akunna’s relatives ask for as gifts from America?
(a) Books, magazines.
(b) CDs, DVDs.
(c) Candy, food.
(d) Handbags, clothes.

3. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” why does Odofile tell Chinaza to stop cooking African food?
(a) He cannot get to the African store for her produce.
(b) He thinks Nigerian food is for peasants.
(c) He cannot afford the imported ingredients.
(d) He does not want them to be known as foreigners.

4. In “The Shivering,” where does Ukamaka end up driving Chinedu to, regularly?
(a) Work and the gym.
(b) Church and groceries.
(c) The library and the cafeteria.
(d) School and the bars.

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

6. In “The American Embassy,” how does the woman end the interview at the embassy?
(a) She sits there in a stupor until they prod her to go.
(b) She gets up and leaves.
(c) She falls on her knees begging.
(d) She bursts into tears.

7. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what does Chinaza miss about the markets at home?
(a) The scents of cooking.
(b) Fresh produce.
(c) Familiar produce.
(d) Sweet-talking merchants.

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

9. In “The Shivering,” when does Ukamaka start shivering?
(a) Before Chinedu arrived at her apartment.
(b) When Chinedu finished praying.
(c) Up to the moment Chinedu starts praying.
(d) While Chinedu is praying.

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

11. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what did Akunna find in the community college students she studied with?
(a) Apathy mixed with high expectations.
(b) Confusion mixed with confidence.
(c) Ignorance mixed with arrogance.
(d) Aimlessness mixed with high energy.

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

13. In “The American Embassy,” what does the woman keep seeing in her mind’s eye?
(a) Her parents’ look of disappointment.
(b) Her husband’s face when he was killed.
(c) Her husband leaving her.
(d) Her son being killed.

14. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what did Nwamgba believe killed her husband?
(a) Colonialism.
(b) Magic.
(c) Disease.
(d) Poison.

15. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what had Chinaza planned to do before she was married to Odofile?
(a) Work at her aunt and uncle’s bakery.
(b) Go to university.
(c) Get a job in Lagos.
(d) Open a bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The American Embassy,” what does the embassy interviewer want from the woman asking for asylum?

2. In “The Shivering,” where was Chinedu working when he met Abidemi?

3. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” who does Odofile look down on when he takes Chinaza shopping?

4. In “The American Embassy,” what do the people in line say about the woman’s husband?

5. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how old was the narrator when Nonso died?

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