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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What reason does Clara give for making her suggestion about their engagement?
(a) That Obi's parents will disinherit him.
(b) That Obi will hate her for breaking off the engagement.
(c) That she will ruin Obi's life by coming between him and his family.
(d) That Obi will not return from his visit home.
2. What does Obi find amazing about Clara's taste in films?
(a) How she delights in on-screen killing.
(b) How she cries at sad movies but loves to see them.
(c) How she gets caught up in every lover's quarrel.
(d) How she hates British movies.
3. What is special about Obi's arrival in Onitsha, a few miles from his village?
(a) Village elders send a pleasure car to meet him on this special occasion.
(b) Obi's visit causes a few stares but most people go about their normal business.
(c) Everyone stays home from school and work to meet Obi.
(d) His father hires a bus to take all the relatives to meet him.
4. How does Joseph respond when Obi tells him of Clara's refusal to marry him because she is osu?
(a) He agrees with Obi.
(b) He agrees with Clara.
(c) He suggests that Obi visit Clara's parents.
(d) He refuses to comment because he has already wrecked a friendship by giving marital advice.
5. What story does his father share when Obi announces he will leave early to return to Lagos?
(a) He tells the story of a boy who dies after hurting his family and running away.
(b) He tells the story of a woman who dies of heartbreak after her son marries an outcast.
(c) How he was taken by missionaries and his father put a curse on him.
(d) He tells the story of a boy who marries an outcast and never finds happiness.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Obi, what is the best European novel written about West Africa?
2. How does the author prove the assertion that Obi has been homesick while studying in England when Obi is communicating with his villagers?
3. How do the older kinsmen respond after hearing Obi's stories about being at sea?
4. According to a flashback, where does Obi first meet Clara?
5. What does the author reveal about a special aspect of Nigerian culture, when the two couples go out on a date?
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