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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. Why does Odili have his present teaching job instead of a civil-service job?
(a) Underqualification.
(b) Autonomy.
(c) Money.
(d) A girl.

2. What is the name of the soloist mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Grammar-phone.
(b) Edna.
(c) Elsie.
(d) Voice box.

3. When do Jean and Odili leave Jean's house?
(a) 1:30 a.m.
(b) 12:26 a.m.
(c) 11:45 p.m.
(d) 7:15 a.m.

4. What does the statute Odili reads in the newspaper concern?
(a) Automobile parking.
(b) Food distribution.
(c) Pit latrines.
(d) Excrement pails.

5. In what year does Odili become disillusioned with the POP?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1948.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Odili's mother die?

2. To what do Odili and Jean dance?

3. Where does Odili recall meeting Elsie?

4. How many pounds does each bus cost?

5. Why does Chief Nanga not hire the young man at the end of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the languages spoken in the Nanga home?

2. How did Odili deal with his previous encounters with bucket latrines?

3. Why is Odili's next-door neighbor in college called "Irre"?

4. In what way does Jean primarily reveal her insensitivity towards Nigeria and Nigerians?

5. How does Chief Nanga speak to Mr. Jalio, and for what reason?

6. How does Odili describe his reaction to being a prominent member of the dinner conversation?

7. Why does Odili envy Peter?

8. What attitudes do the foreigners at the dinner conversation seem to have toward Africa, and how do they demonstrate such?

9. Why does Chief Nanga remember Odili?

10. Why is Odili surprised to be awakened early by Chief Nanga after his first night at the Minister of Culture's house?

(see the answer keys)

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