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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 "Tomorrow is Too Far," what time of year was it, when Nonso died?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.
2. In “The Headstrong Historian,” why Nwamgba’s family horrified by the prospect or marriage to Obierika?
(a) His family’s outsider status.
(b) His family’s low status.
(c) His family’s history of infertility.
(d) His family’s history of scandals.
3. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna’s uncle describe America?
(a) It is give and take.
(b) It is location, location, location.
(c) It is dog eat dog.
(d) It is cat and mouse.
4. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” when does the thing around Akunna’s neck start to let go?
(a) When she sends gifts home.
(b) When she is in a relationship with her boyfriend.
(c) When she graduates from community college.
(d) When she sends money home.
5. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what do all Americans have, according to Akunna’s relatives in Nigeria?
(a) A car and a gun.
(b) A second home.
(c) A lover and a spouse.
(d) A credit card and a good job.
Short Answer Questions
1. In “The American Embassy,” what does the man in line behind the woman speculate about the people in the American embassy?
2. In “The Shivering,” where was Chinedu working when he met Abidemi?
3. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what did Akunna find in the community college students she studied with?
4. In “The American Embassy,” what does the embassy interviewer want from the woman asking for asylum?
5. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna’s boyfriend say his parents give love?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what caused Nonso to receive preferential treatment among the three children in the story?
2. In “The American Embassy,” what injury keeps the woman in line from moving with any agility?
3. In “The Shivering,” what is it about the events in Nigeria that have Ukamaka so upset?
4. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how did Afamefuna validate Nwamgba’s values in the end of her life?
5. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what were Nwamgba’s parents’ objections to Nwamgba’s choice of Obierika as husband, and how did she overcome them?
6. What is the thing around the character’s neck in the story "The Thing Around Your Neck"?
7. In “The American Embassy,” why does the woman leave the embassy without completing the interview process?
8. In “The Shivering,” what is it that brings Chinedu to Ukamaka’s apartment?
9. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what difficulties does Akunna, the you of the story, encounter in dating a white man?
10. In “The American Embassy,” why has the woman come to wait in line at the American Embassy?
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