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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries does Obi have about the expectations of the people at home as he makes his journey home?
(a) They will want to interfere in his business.
(b) They will want to give him all sorts of embarrassing gifts.
(c) They will want to share in his good fortune.
(d) They will want to meet his bride-to-be.

2. What is Obi's response when Clara goes off with the doctor?
(a) Fearing losing Clara, he goes back to Christopher and breaks down emotionally.
(b) Fearing for Clara's life, he goes home and breaks down emotionally.
(c) Fearing losing Clara, he tries to follow the doctor's car, but gets lost and is nearly killed.
(d) Fearing for Clara's life, he goes to work and breaks down emotionally.

3. For what kind of leave does Obi apply when he has to go home to deal with the news he receives?
(a) Special leave.
(b) Local leave.
(c) Personal leave.
(d) Departmental leave.

4. How does Obi eventually feel about his mother's death?
(a) He feels peace as his mother's memory fades.
(b) He is angry about losing Clara for nothing.
(c) He feels lonely and disappointed bu also relieved.
(d) He cannot recall his mother and feels only anger.

5. What does Obi decide to do when he learns that he might have to pay back money from his travel allowance?
(a) He decides to say he lost his receipts.
(b) He decides to pay Mr. Omo to keep quiet.
(c) He decides to say he was travelling on office business.
(d) He decides to say he went to the Cameroons.

6. When Obi arrives home, what descriptions does the author give of his parents' rooms?
(a) Both are in a disheveled condition.
(b) Isaac's room has been cleared for Hannah to get more space.
(c) Isaac's room is filled with printed materials, while Hannah's is full of mundane things.
(d) Both rooms are exactly as Obi remembers them from childhood.

7. What does the incident with Clara's abortion reveal about this aspect of life in Lagos?
(a) Abortions are safe but expensive.
(b) Abortions are illegal and expensive.
(c) Abortions are inexpensive but dangerous.
(d) Everyone looks down on a girl who has an abortion.

8. What destroys Obi's hope for support from his mother for marrying Clara?
(a) Because Hannah curses Clara without hearing a word from Obi.
(b) Hannah becomes boisterous and sends him away.
(c) The argument between Obi and Hannah makes Hannah's condition worsen.
(d) Hannah threatens to kill herself if he marries Clara.

9. When Obi goes to visit Clara in hospital, what comments by the doctor foreshadow what will happen between Clara and Obi?
(a) The doctor says there is not much hope for Clara.
(b) The doctor says Clara has given up on Obi.
(c) The doctor says Clara might not want to see Obi.
(d) The doctor says Clara is too angry to speak to Obi.

10. Which friend does Christopher say will help Obi and Clara to find a doctor?
(a) James.
(b) Miss Tomlinson.
(c) Umuofia.
(d) Okoli.

11. What literary device does the author use in the reference to Pilate in describing Isaac's attitude to "the written word?"
(a) Historical allusion.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Biblical allusion.
(d) Mythological allusion.

12. What does the process lead Obi to decide when he examines the "mainspring of his actions" for the first time in his life?
(a) He decides to confess his troubles to his father and ask for help.
(b) He decides to confess his troubles to Mr. Green and ask for help.
(c) He decides to confess his troubles to Clara's father and ask for help.
(d) He resolves to stop making payments to the UPU until it is convenient.

13. How does Clara embarrass Obi when he finally sees her in the hospital?
(a) In front of all the women, Clara accuses Obi of forcing her to have an abortion.
(b) In front of all the women, Clara says she will never marry Obi
(c) Clara turns her face to the wall in front of all the women.
(d) Clara orders Obi to leave in front of all the women.

14. What does the author reveal about a special aspect of Nigerian culture, when the two couples go out on a date?
(a) There are three ways of dancing the "High-life": European, Intimate and Ecstatic.
(b) There are three ways of dressing to go dancing: European, Intimate and Ecstatic.
(c) There are three sections of the club: European, Intimate and Ecstatic.
(d) There are three types of drinks at the bar: European, Intimate and Ecstatic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marie Tomlinson become suspicious when Mr. Mark asks to speak confidentially with Obi at the office?

2. Which girl does Christopher consider marrying except for the fact that she is going away to study?

3. To which literary character does Obi compare Mr. Green?

4. According to Mr. Green, what characteristic of Nigerians would prevent the country from being able to manage independence?

5. Why doesn't Obi mind when a long, noisy procession of the "Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim" delays his journey to Clara's house?

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