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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Late Sixties.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The name “Ogbenyealu” carries which of the following meanings in the text?
(a) Not to Be Married to a Poor Man.
(b) God's gold.
(c) Let’s watch and see what next God will bring.
(d) Hoped-for beloved of God.

2. For which of the following university departments does Ugwu’s aunt work?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Physics.

3. By which of the following names does Ugwu note Nnesinachi sometimes calls him?
(a) Chejna.
(b) Chioke.
(c) Anulika.
(d) Odenigbo.

4. The phrase “a flat, sallow gray, like a poorly wiped blackboard” (196) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Simile.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

5. The word “kedu” carries which of the following meanings in the text?
(a) Are you happy?
(b) Are you awake?
(c) Are you well?
(d) Are you there?

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following kinds of tree grows at Olanna and Odenigbo’s home in Abba?

2. Against which of the following European nations does the novel ascribe the establishment of Nigeria?

3. The word “omalicha” carries which of the following meanings in the text?

4. In which of the following departments at the university in Nsukka does Olanna note accepting a job?

5. Which of the following meanings does Kainene ascribe to her own name?

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