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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 American Embassy,” what number does the woman hold in the line of people outside the American embassy?
(a) 92.
(b) 1.
(c) 200.
(d) 48.

2. In “The Shivering,” what is Chinedu’s religion?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Pentecostal.
(d) Catholic.

3. In “The Shivering,” what happened on the same day that the play crashed in Nigeria?
(a) The Nigerian president died.
(b) The stock market crashed.
(c) The Nigerian first lady died.
(d) The Nigerian soccer team played its world cup game.

4. In “The Shivering,” when does Ukamaka start shivering?
(a) Up to the moment Chinedu starts praying.
(b) While Chinedu is praying.
(c) Before Chinedu arrived at her apartment.
(d) When Chinedu finished praying.

5. In “The American Embassy,” how did the woman escape from the government men who killed her son?
(a) Jumped off a balcony.
(b) Ducked into a neighbor’s house.
(c) Wrestled herself free on the street.
(d) Hid in a closet till they left.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Shivering,” how does Ukamaka say Udenna always imposed himself on her?

2. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what does Odofile tell Chinaza she has to do in order to get ahead in America?

3. In “The Shivering,” where does Ukamaka end up driving Chinedu to, regularly?

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

5. In “The Headstrong Historian,” why Nwamgba’s family horrified by the prospect or marriage to Obierika?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what were Nwamgba’s parents’ objections to Nwamgba’s choice of Obierika as husband, and how did she overcome them?

2. In “The Shivering,” what is it that brings Chinedu to Ukamaka’s apartment?

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

4. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how did Afamefuna validate Nwamgba’s values in the end of her life?

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

6. Who is the You 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 causes Ukamaka’s shivering?

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

10. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how does Nwamgba end up sending Anikwenwa to learn English from the mission schools?

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