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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 Arrangers of Marriage,” how does Chinaza characterize her aunt and uncle’s interest in her thoughts and feelings about new marriage?
(a) Uninterested.
(b) Considerate.
(c) Critical.
(d) Thoughtful.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how does Nia tell Chinaza people end up in love?

2. In “The Shivering,” how did Udenna justify breaking up with Ukamaka?

3. In “The Shivering,” how long had Ukamaka and Udenna been in a relationship together?

4. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," where was Nonso buried?

5. In “The American Embassy,” how did the woman get her husband out of the house to safety?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how does the narrator characterize the relationship between herself and Dozie?

4. In “The Shivering,” what is it about the events in Nigeria that have Ukamaka so upset?

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

6. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how does the narrator characterize the apartment she arrives in with her husband?

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

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

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

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

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