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

2. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what did Nwamgba’s cousins take after Obierika’s funeral?
(a) His ivory tusk.
(b) His house.
(c) His lands.
(d) His son.

3. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” how does Akunna get a job after leaving her uncle’s house?
(a) She offers to work for less than the regular waitresses.
(b) She tells the manager who her parents are.
(c) She offers to do jobs no one else wants to do.
(d) She shows the hiring manager her experience.

4. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” where do Odofile and Chinaza live?
(a) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) Bay Ridge.
(c) Flatbush.
(d) The Bronx.

5. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” why does Akunna not write to her family back in Nigeria?
(a) She thought there was nothing to write about.
(b) She did not want to admit defeat.
(c) She could not afford postage.
(d) She could not reveal what her uncle did to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The American Embassy,” what does the embassy interviewer say she can offer the woman seeking asylum?

2. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what does Akunna’s name mean?

3. In “The Shivering,” how does Chinedu rationalize inconsistencies in Ukamaka’s view of God?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In “The American Embassy,” why does the woman leave the embassy without completing the interview process?

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

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

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

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

9. In “The Shivering,” what causes Ukamaka’s shivering?

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

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