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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. What sports did Ben play at his club?

2. What kind of car does Mrs. Emenike own?

3. Whose point of view is the story in this section told from?

4. What does the author say the voice rose high and clear in the sky like?

5. What do the Umuru women do before one can count A?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cletus lose his girlfriend in this story?

2. Why does Martha decide against punishing Vera?

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

4. Why are Mr. and Mrs. Emenike so impressed with Vera?

5. How does Michael's wife help him out at his new school?

6. Why is Mr. Emenike angry at the new socialism in Nigeria?

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

8. How does Michael want to change the school?

9. Describe the argument between Martha and Mrs. Emenike?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe traditional Nigerian life? How does traditional Nigerian life compare to life in the west? How have the ideas Westerners have brought into Nigeria effected the country?

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

What does the stories in the book state about post colonial Nigeria? How much do the students think these problems can be attributed to colonialism?

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