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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 “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna’s boyfriend say his parents give love?
(a) Flowing like a river.
(b) Grudgingly like a dripping faucet.
(c) He says that they withhold it.
(d) Portioned out like a cake.

2. In “The American Embassy,” what does the embassy interviewer want from the woman asking for asylum?
(a) A loyalty oath.
(b) Testimony related to other applicants.
(c) Witnesses.
(d) Details.

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

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

5. In “The Shivering,” how does Ukamaka characterize Chinedu’s faith?
(a) Confusing and also beautiful.
(b) Illogical and also reassuring.
(c) Contradictory and also simple.
(d) Forceful and also fragile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna’s uncle describe America?

2. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how long ago did Nonso die, before the time of the story?

3. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how much does Odofile tell Chinaza he makes?

4. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” where do Odofile and Chinaza live?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In “The American Embassy,” what injury keeps the woman in line from moving with any agility?

2. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what did the arrangers of marriage not tell the narrator about her husband’s professional status?

3. Who are the main characters of the short story "Tomorrow is Too Far"?

4. Who is the You in the story "The Thing Around Your Neck"?

5. How does the narrator characterize the rules in America, in "The Thing Around Your Neck"?

6. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what caused Nonso to receive preferential treatment among the three children in the story?

7. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what difficulties does Akunna, the you of the story, encounter in dating a white man?

8. In “The American Embassy,” what is the woman’s relationship with the man behind her in line?

9. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what had the narrator told her mother to explain how Nonso had died?

10. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what was it that Chinaza liked about the markets in Enugu?

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