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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 hates British movies.
(d) How she gets caught up in every lover's quarrel.

2. According to Obi, what is the best European novel written about West Africa?
(a) The Heart of the Matter.
(b) Things Fall Apart.
(c) The Lost Continent.
(d) My Heart is Still in Africa.

3. What bothers Obi when he sees his parents when he goes home?
(a) Their frail health and their poverty.
(b) Their poverty and age.
(c) Their poverty and disappointment in him.
(d) Their illness and age.

4. What complaint does Obi make to Joseph about treatment he receives from the police when he goes out driving with Clara?
(a) He hassles them on Victoria Beach Road, questioning the source of Obi's car.
(b) He hassles them on Victoria Beach Road questioning how Obi can afford a driver.
(c) He leers at Clara while they are walking on Victoria Beach Road.
(d) He hassles them when they park on Victoria Beach Road thinking Clara is the wife of someone else. someone's else's wife.

5. Where does Obi first articulate his theory about corruption in Nigeria?
(a) In a paper written while he was in high school.
(b) In a paper presented to the UPU.
(c) In a letter he wrote to the editor of a local newspaper.
(d) In a paper he read to the Nigerian Students' Union in London.

6. Why do Christopher and Obi eat with their fingers while at Obi's house?
(a) They do not care what they do at home even though elsewhere they observe customs.
(b) The houseboy insists that this is the way to eat the food he cooks.
(c) They find it tastes better and throw off the pretense that it is uncivilized.
(d) It makes them feel they are really back home.

7. What is Nigeria's real problem according to Obi in his remarks to Christopher?
(a) A shortage of bright young black men to run things.
(b) Too many uneducated people.
(c) Letting old men rise to the top by bribery and then expecting to be paid off for everything.
(d) Poor leadership.

8. After his discussion with Clara and then with Joseph, how does Obi express his defiance of opposition to his marrying Clara?
(a) He obtains a marriage license and ring immediately.
(b) He tells his parents he will marry Clara no matter what and buys her a ring.
(c) He drives her to Kingsway to buy an engagement ring and a Bible.
(d) He asks Clara's father for her hand in marriage and gives her a ring.

9. Where has Clara been living since returning to Nigeria?
(a) At Yaba with her mother.
(b) At Omuefia.
(c) At Yaba with her sister.
(d) At Osu.

10. How does Joseph interpret Obi's insistence on ignoring tradition and marrying Clara?
(a) Obi's upbringing and education have made him a stranger in Nigeria.
(b) His years in England have made him resentful of African customs.
(c) He believes his education can excuse his disregard for tradition.
(d) His education cannot prevent him from being a fool in matters of the heart.

11. Where does Joseph Okeke take Obi after the reception?
(a) The Palm Grove restaurant.
(b) The Tennis Club restaurant.
(c) The Sand Castle restaurant.
(d) The Port Royal restaurant.

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

13. How does Obi react to a song that the traders are singing while continuing his journey home on the wagon?
(a) He considers its meaning and is delighted when he finds out.
(b) He is embarrassed at the erotic words.
(c) He is amused that it contains erotic Ibo words.
(d) He wants to drown the noise out so he can concentrate on his thoughts.

14. How does the author prove the assertion that Obi has been homesick while studying in England when Obi is communicating with his villagers?
(a) He speaks Ibo whenever possible and feels shame for using English to a Nigerian.
(b) He sits with the elders and asks for more folk stories.
(c) The celebrations cause him to become tearful and nostalgic.
(d) He enjoys the dancing and singing and is nostalgic.

15. How long does Obi stay in England?
(a) A little under three years.
(b) A little under four years.
(c) A little under seven years.
(d) A little under six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does one leader respond when Obi asks the UPU leaders to give him a four-month grace period before he has to start paying off his loan?

2. What is the name of Obi's houseboy?

3. Where in Lagos does Joseph live?

4. What warning does Obi's new boss give him when the two are introduced?

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

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