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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how old is Josh, the boy Kamara babysits?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.
2. In “Imitation,” where does Nkem live?
(a) California.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Philadelphia.
3. In “Ghosts,” what does the narrator say professor Nwoye should have thrown at Ikenna Okoro?
(a) Money.
(b) Paper.
(c) Sand.
(d) Rocks.
4. In “Imitation,” how does Nkem say it came to pass that she raised the children alone in the U.S.?
(a) She planned it that way.
(b) Her husband planned it that way.
(c) Her husband’s plans to join them kept being interrupted.
(d) It just happened.
5. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what has Kamara been doing since last Monday?
(a) Think about going back to Nigeria.
(b) Think about getting divorced.
(c) Think about losing weight.
(d) Think about going back to school.
Short Answer Questions
1. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Edward outrage Ujunwa?
2. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Ujunwa’s story end?
3. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Isabel explain Ujunwa’s good looks?
4. In “Ghosts,” what has Professor Nwoye come to the university to inquire about?
5. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what is Kamara’s reaction when she loses faith in Tracy?
Short Essay Questions
1. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” who is Chioma and what is her role?
2. In “Ghosts,” how does the narrator characterize Ikenna’s personality?
3. In “Imitation,” what is the importance of the Benin masks in Nkem’s house?
4. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does the narrator characterize Neil’s parenting?
5. In “A Private Experience,” how does the story characterize the difference between Chika and the Hausa woman?
6. In “A Private Experience,” what is the basis of the intimacy between Chika and the Hausa woman?
7. In “Cell One,” how did Nnamabia’s time in prison change the narrator’s parents?
8. In “Ghosts,” what is the custom Professor Nwoye feels he should follow, when he sees his old colleague Ikenna Okoro, and what does he do?
9. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what debate does Edward start with his statements about the Senegalese writer’s story?
10. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Edward get on Ujunwa’s wrong side?
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