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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Obi's houseboy?
(a) Zaccharia.
(b) Zaccheus.
(c) Zebedee.
(d) Zimonias.

2. What descriptive passage communicates the setting and culture in the Onitsha market?
(a) To the sound of blaring local music, men are selling a concoction, women sell garri, and give to a dancing beggar.
(b) There is a dancing beggar and men who sell "Long Life Mixture."
(c) Drunken men swagger in the street while women flirt and dance.
(d) Children are dancing and playing drums while women sell garri.

3. How does the author make it clear that Obi's financial situation is deteriorating after Obi resists Mr. Mark's offer of a bribe?
(a) He cannot find the money he promised to send to his parents.
(b) Obi finds it hard to live on what remains after paying the UPU and sending money to help his parents.
(c) He has fallen into debt with the UPU and owes someone at the office.
(d) He cannot find the money to pay John's fees and he owes Clara money.

4. Why does Obi hope to receive support from his mother for his plan to marry Clara?
(a) They have a special bond because he is her only son.
(b) They have a special bond because she was the one who told him old African stories.
(c) They have a special bond since she cut her hand on a razor in his pocket.
(d) They have a special bond because he is the last child.

5. What news from home necessitates Obi taking leave to visit his village?
(a) One of Obi's siblings has died and the family needs him.
(b) Obi's father becomes seriously ill and his mother wants him home.
(c) Obi's mother dies and his father needs support.
(d) His father writes to say Obi's mother has been hospitalized and that he needs to discuss an urgent matter with Obi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Obi take Clara to celebrate his new car?

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

3. What reason does Clara give for going to Obi's cabin?

4. Why is Obi's description of the streets and market in the Lagos slum ironic?

5. How does Obi feel after he resists the temptation to accept Mr. Mark's bribe?

(see the answer key)

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