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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 Thing Around Your Neck,” when does the thing around Akunna’s neck start to let go?
(a) When she is in a relationship with her boyfriend.
(b) When she sends money home.
(c) When she graduates from community college.
(d) When she sends gifts home.

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

3. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how long ago did Nonso die, before the time of the story?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 15 years.

4. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," how old was the narrator when Nonso died?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

5. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what does Chinaza miss about the markets at home?
(a) Familiar produce.
(b) The scents of cooking.
(c) Fresh produce.
(d) Sweet-talking merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what had Chinaza planned to do before she was married to Odofile?

2. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what kinds of things did the Akunna’s relatives ask for as gifts from America?

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

4. In “The American Embassy,” how did the woman escape from the government men who killed her son?

5. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what made Nwamgba look forward to death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” what was it that Chinaza liked about the markets in Enugu?

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

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

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

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