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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Odili state his view of Elsie to Chief Nanga?
(a) She is just a good-time girl.
(b) He is serious about her.
(c) He intends to marry her.
(d) She is his best friend.

2. What is the title of the poem Maxwell shows Odili?
(a) "The Lady of Shalott."
(b) "Dance of the People of the Earth."
(c) "Mother-Earth's Offering to Man."
(d) "Dance-Offering to the Earth-Mother."

3. What food does Odili initially ask Peter to cook while Andrew Kadibe is visiting?
(a) Pork.
(b) Rice.
(c) Stew.
(d) Yams.

4. Whom does Odili ask the journalist about?
(a) Mrs. John.
(b) The young girl.
(c) Nwege.
(d) Chief Nanga.

5. Why does Chief Nanga not hire the young man at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) He cannot cook African cuisine.
(b) He has never fired a gun.
(c) He does not know how to drive a stick shift.
(d) He has a bad leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jean say sex means more to a woman than a man?

2. Who does Odili ask Andrew about after the latter knocks at his door?

3. What does Chief Nanga think of the president of the Writer's Society's dress?

4. When Odili returns to Anata after first meeting Maxwell and his friends, where does he find a large crowd?

5. What does Odili do when he realizes that his host has shamed him?

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