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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Clara and Obi return and MacMillan leaves them after going ashore to Funchal?
(a) They make plans to continue their relationship.
(b) They deide to leave things as they are and "see what happens" in Lagos.
(c) They decide not to see each other again because Clara is betrothed.
(d) Obi declares his love and kisses Clara, who responds with a violent kiss.

2. What makes Obi go to a slum in Lagos when he returns from England?
(a) To see his uncle Okolo.
(b) His girlfriend, Clara, has a dressmaker there.
(c) To visit his friend Christopher.
(d) For a job interview.

3. What is Christopher's usual response to Obi's comments about the civil service?
(a) He always finds an excuse for what Obi describes in the civil service.
(b) He opposes everything Obi says about the civil service.
(c) He ignores most of what Obi says.
(d) He echoes all of Obi's views.

4. What is Obi told about the many dead dogs in the street when he visits the slum in Lagos?
(a) There is no government agency to move them.
(b) They are injured by bad drivers who do not pick them up.
(c) They are part of the "Old Nigeria" that Obi has forgotten.
(d) It is good luck to kill a dog with one's new car but bad luck to kill a duck.

5. What does the encounter with bribery on the way home cause Obi to think about the situation?
(a) Obi wonders where to begin cleaning the Augean stable and thinks a dictator is necessary.
(b) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that only foreigners can cean up.
(c) Obi concludes Lagos is an Augean stable and vows to clean it up.
(d) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that requires educated people to clean it up.

Short Answer Questions

1. By using the expression "Augean stable", what literary device is the author using?

2. What new evidence does Obi see about the pervasiveness of bribery in Nigeria on the way home on the wagon?

3. What is special about Obi's arrival in Onitsha, a few miles from his village?

4. What comment do the elders make about Christianity when Isaac refuses to placate the rainmaker to prevent the rain threatening Obi's homecoming?

5. Why does Obi insist on moving in to stay with Joseph?

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