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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 “Imitation,” when the story opens, how far off is Obiora’s next visit?
(a) Months.
(b) A week.
(c) A few days.
(d) A few weeks.

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

3. In “Cell One,” how does the narrator prevent her parents from visiting Nnamabia in prison, after the first week?
(a) She breaks the car’s windshield.
(b) She threatens to move out.
(c) She lays herself down in front of the car.
(d) She manufactures an emergency.

4. In “A Private Experience,” who are the aggressors in the riots the women are hiding from?
(a) Yoruba.
(b) Fulani Christians.
(c) Hausa Muslims.
(d) Igbo Christians.

5. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” what caused Ujunwa to scream at the black South African?
(a) He criticized her story as implausible.
(b) He said that she could get ahead if she gave herself to Edward.
(c) He said that her story was insincere and poorly written.
(d) He said that Edward was just an old man who meant no harm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is "A Private Experience" set?

2. In “A Private Experience,” what aspect of the Hausa woman does the narrator say Chika will remember?

3. In “Ghosts,” what national scandal affected Professor Nwoye’s wife’s death?

4. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” why does Ujunwa not use the name Ibarra for the character in her story?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In “Imitation,” what distressing news does Nkem receive from her friend who has just come back to the States from Nigeria?

2. In “A Private Experience,” how does the story characterize the difference between Chika and the Hausa woman?

3. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” how does Edward get on Ujunwa’s wrong side?

4. In “A Private Experience,” what does the narrator tell the reader about the fate of Nnedi?

5. In “Cell One,” what is the difference between Nsukka and Enugu?

6. In “Cell One,” why was the narrator’s brother arrested?

7. In “A Private Experience,” what is the basis of the intimacy between Chika and the Hausa woman?

8. In “Imitation,” what signs are there that the story supports Nkem’s position at the end of the story?

9. In “Imitation,” what does Obiora feel about the children preserving Nigerian customs in America?

10. Where is "Jumping Monkey Hill "set?

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