No Longer at Ease Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What reminds Obi of his first day at school when he shows up at work on his first day in the civil service? (from Chapters 7-8)

How the headmaster Mr. Jones insulted Mr. Nduka.

How Mr. Nduka, the headmaster, reamed out the senior students in the hall.

How Mr. Jones, the feared Inspector of Schools, reamed out Headmaster Simeon Nduka in English.

How his headmaster Mr. Nduka reamed out Mr. Jones in front of the class.

2.

How does one leader respond when Obi asks the UPU leaders to give him a four-month grace period before he has to start paying off his loan? (from Chapters 7-8)

The President warns that bright young people need to learn to manage their financial affairs.

The President warns that other returning scholars have found themselves in trouble.

The President warns that Lagos' sweetness causes the downfall of many young people.

The President warns that Obi should not do anything to bring the UPU into disrepute.

3.

What do the villagers accuse Obi of after his mother is buried? (from Chapters 17-19)

Obi is called a beast who abandons his kin for sweet things.

They accuse Obi of stealing from his own mother to be with an osu woman.

They accuse Obi of giving up his mother for an osu woman.

They accuse Obi of being ungrateful and wicked to his own.

4.

What are the villagers particularly happy about? (from Chapters 5-6)

That Obi has not brought home a white wife.

That Obi will live where those who get "European jobs" live.

That Obi is about to get a good job.

That Obi has not forgotten his roots.

5.

What are Obi's early responses to the death of his mother? (from Chapters 17-19)

He believes maybe now he can marry Clara.

He is relieved although it is too late to save the situation with Clara.

He is too overcome by all his troubles to feel anything for his mother.

He cries like a child and feels guilty about not keeping vigil for his mother.

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