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

2. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how does Nia tell Chinaza people end up in love?
(a) They discover it in their days.
(b) They fall into it.
(c) They climb to it.
(d) They create it together.

3. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what did the customs officer take from Chinaza?
(a) Uziza seeds.
(b) Her books.
(c) Her fruits.
(d) Mmili ozu.

4. 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) Thoughtful.
(c) Considerate.
(d) Critical.

5. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” why does Odofile tell Chinaza to stop cooking African food?
(a) He does not want them to be known as foreigners.
(b) He thinks Nigerian food is for peasants.
(c) He cannot get to the African store for her produce.
(d) He cannot afford the imported ingredients.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the “thing around your neck” do to Akunna?

2. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how does Dozie characterize the narrator’s feelings for Grandmama?

3. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what time of year was it, when Nonso died?

4. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what did the narrator wait for her mother to recognize?

5. In “The American Embassy,” what do the people in line say about the woman’s husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “The American Embassy,” why has the woman come to wait in line at the American Embassy?

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

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

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

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

6. In “The Shivering,” how does Chinedu explain away Ukamaka’s objections about his logic regarding God’s will?

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

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

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

10. What is the thing around the character’s neck in the story "The Thing Around Your Neck"?

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