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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Odili, Chief Nanga, and Elsie, who goes to bed first after dinner at Chief Nanga's house?

2. What is the immediate task of the new party in Chapter 8?

3. What is Maxwell's father's job?

4. What does Odili do after awaking at 4 a.m.?

5. How many girls does Chief Nanga promise Odili?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the general tone of Mrs. Nanga in her first conversation with Odili's while in Anata, and why is that the tone?

2. What sort of abuses of power does Chief Nanga exercise in his campaign?

3. Why do Boniface and the other bodyguards want 25 pounds, and why does Odili object?

4. What sort of reception does Odili's political campaign receive in Anata?

5. At what conclusion does Odili arrive after reflecting on the carpenter Timothy's statement?

6. How does Odili react to discovering that Elsie is sleeping with Chief Nanga?

7. What significant action does Edna take toward Odili at the end of Chapter 10, and why is it significant?

8. What characterizes Odili's interaction with Chief Nanga at the Samalu house?

9. Why is Couple's heckling of Maxwell effective?

10. What seems to be the likely reason that Edna becomes angry with Odili in Chapter 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Present an analysis of Chief Nanga. Discuss his rise to power, his personalit, and his interactions with other characters. How does he treat others? How does he maintain his political position until the coup? Be sure to contrast the opinions of the educated and the uneducated regarding Chief Nanga.

Essay Topic 2

As the chief protagonist and narrator of the story, Odili undergoes dramatic changes throughout the narrative, but as he is the one describing them, he does not explicitly state them. Trace the outline of Odili's character development and changes, being sure to answer the following questions:

1) In what regard does Odili primarily change?

2) In what ways does Odili seem to change, but ONLY seem?

3) What other characters and events have the biggest influence on Odili's changes?

Essay Topic 3

During Maxwell's impressive but inefficacious speech, it is revealed that the people have a certain resignation as to the greater affairs of state. Analyze this resignation: how it came about, why it persists, and what implications it has for the country within the story.

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