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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Obi take Clara to celebrate his new car?
(a) They go to Ikeja for a special dinner.
(b) They go to Okala for a special dinner.
(c) They go dancing at Okoro.
(d) They go to the beach.

3. Where in Lagos does Joseph live?
(a) Ikoyi.
(b) Umuofia Park.
(c) Lagos Motor Park in the Obalende.
(d) The Motor Park in Umuofia.

4. 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?
(a) The President warns that Lagos' sweetness causes the downfall of many young people.
(b) The President warns that Obi should not do anything to bring the UPU into disrepute.
(c) The President warns that other returning scholars have found themselves in trouble.
(d) The President warns that bright young people need to learn to manage their financial affairs.

5. What does the encounter with bribery on the way home cause Obi to think about the situation?
(a) Obi concludes Lagos is an Augean stable and vows to clean it up.
(b) Obi concludes that bribery is an Augean stable that requires educated people 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 only foreigners can cean up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new expense does Obi assume when he gets his new car that suggests another symbol of his status?

2. Why does Obi hope to receive support from his mother for his plan to marry Clara?

3. What early indication does Obi see how "Dear old Nigeria really works" as the boat docks in Lagos?

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

5. What references are made to suggest that the UPU leaders are very aware of the prevalence of bribery in government circles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the meaning of Obi's full name and why did his father give him this name?

2. What story does Joseph recall about Obi's school days while he and Obi are at dinner at the Pine Grove?

3. What sights does Obi observe and how does he respond When Obi returns to Lagos from England and visits a Lagos slum?

4. What causes Obi to storm out of the December UPU meeting in a rage?

5. What immediate effect does Obi's new job have on his financial status and on Clara?

6. Before going to England, Obi spends time in Lagos with Joseph Okeke. Who is Joseph and how is he connected with Obi?

7. What event foreshadows Obi's experiences with bribery when the boat bringing Clara and Obi back from England docks at Lagos?

8. What references to bribery show that the members are very familiar with corruption in Nigeria At the reception held to welcome Obi home?

9. How does the incident with the police and the lorry driver on the way to Umuofia affect Obi's views about getting rid of bribery?

10. What contact has there been between Clara and Obi before being together in the Lagos slum where Clara has a dressmaker?

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