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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ifemelu's father fired from his job in Chapter 3?
(a) Because he is moving to America.
(b) Because he refuses to call his boss "Mummy."
(c) Because he hit a man at work.
(d) Because he was caught stealing.

2. Who is the black American man that Ifemelu meets on the train in Chapter 17?
(a) Roger.
(b) Jake.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Blaine.

3. Who says in Chapter 5 that he doesn’t have a passport now, but his father has promised him one when he goes to America for university?
(a) Emenike.
(b) Obinze.
(c) Ranyinudo.
(d) Chijioke.

4. How old is Ifemelu when her mother cuts off all of her own hair?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 16.

5. What does the narrator describe in Ifemelu's soul in Chapter 1?
(a) Iron.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Cement.
(d) Tar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Nigerian man that Aunty Uju has begun seeing in Chapter 11?

2. What does the narrator describe Philadelphia as smelling like in Chapter 1?

3. For how long has Ifemelu lived with Blaine when she tells him she's moving back to Nigeria in Chapter 1?

4. For how long has Aunty Uju been in America in the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. Who takes Ifemelu aside and talks to her about safe sex in Chapter 5?

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