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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. Why did the government have to stop the free education system?

2. What words does Mrs. Emenike hate to hear?

3. Where did Reginald and Gladys meet the first time they met?

4. What does Jonathan use his bicycle for?

5. What phrase Nancy speaks imitates the magazines she reads?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens the first time Gladys and Reginald meet?

2. How does Mike calm Cletus down in this section?

3. What does Michael find out about the path he attempts to block?

4. In what way does Ben show great self control?

5. How do Mr. and Mrs. Emneike react when they hear Vera has tried to poison their child?

6. Why does Ben regret sleeping with Mami Wota?

7. Why does Jonathan think he has been blessed?

8. What does the story say about Cletus' character?

9. How does Michael want to change the school?

10. How does Mr. Emenike initially prove a blessing for Vera?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the author suggests stops Nigeria from becoming the modern day country they seem capable of becoming? Why are so many people against Nigeria moving with the times?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Nnaemeka's father finds it so difficult to accept that his son marries for love? How does Nnameka's father see marriage and how have these views molded his life?

Essay Topic 3

Why has Achebe chosen to tell the story from Mike's point of view? How would the story change if it was told from the Cletus's point of view?

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