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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What offensive question does the commissioner who has been sleeping in the interview ask Obi when he wakes up?
(a) Whether he has brought home a white wife.
(b) Whether he can rise above the laziness of his people.
(c) Whether he intends to take bribes.
(d) How long he willl survive the system.

2. How does Obi respond to the assertions of Mr. Green and Miss Tomlinson about leave entitlements available to Africans?
(a) Obi says they know nothing about Nigerians.
(b) Obi says Nigerians will show the Europeans what they are capable of.
(c) Obi says it is their country so they should have the same privileges as the British.
(d) Obi says that the Europeans set the rules when no Nigerians were in the senior service.

3. By using the expression "Augean stable", what literary device is the author using?
(a) Mythological allusion.
(b) Historical allusion.
(c) Biblical allusion.
(d) Folklore allusion.

4. How does Joseph react to Obi telling him about the incident at the interview that causes Obi to accuse him of having a colonial mentality?
(a) Joseph says that people needing jobs cannot afford to anger employers.
(b) Joseph advises Obi to aologize to the interviewing panel.
(c) Joseph advises Obi to get a job before arguing with commissioners.
(d) Joseph says Obi will pay for his disrespect to the interviewers.

5. What is Obi warned about at his farewell prayer meeting?
(a) He is to study hard and go often to church.
(b) He is to go to church and stay out of trouble.
(c) He is to study hard and not chase white women.
(d) He is to "learn book," fear the Lord and not fall into the temptations of other young Africans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Obi view the luxurious residential area originally meant for Europeans but later occupied by the trickle of Africans who get European posts?

2. How does Obi's distraction about the situation with his family affect his journey back to Lagos?

3. What is Christopher's response to hearing that Obi turned down advances from Elsie Mark?

4. With whom does Obi have breakfast on the first morning on the boat?

5. How does the author prove the assertion that Obi has been homesick while studying in England when Obi is communicating with his villagers?

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