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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 does Clara say about their engagement the night before Obi goes home on leave?
(a) She suggests they shorten the engagement and just get married.
(b) She says it is in everyone's best interest to call it off.
(c) She says they should make it a long one so there is time for everyone to adjust.
(d) She suggests they postpone announcing it.

2. What story does his father share when Obi announces he will leave early to return to Lagos?
(a) How he was taken by missionaries and his father put a curse on him.
(b) He tells the story of a boy who marries an outcast and never finds happiness.
(c) He tells the story of a woman who dies of heartbreak after her son marries an outcast.
(d) He tells the story of a boy who dies after hurting his family and running away.

3. Why does Obi tell Christopher a story about a catechist twenty years before who was in such a hurry to marry that she cut her education short and was bitter?
(a) To prevent Christopher from causing a woman to be bitter about being prevented from completing her studies.
(b) To demonstrate the troubles men encounter because of women.
(c) To warn Christopher about the dangers of having more than one woman.
(d) To encourage Christopher to consider becoming a Christian.

4. 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 Clara's father and ask for help.
(b) He decides to confess his troubles to his father and ask for help.
(c) He decides to confess his troubles to Mr. Green and ask for help.
(d) He resolves to stop making payments to the UPU until it is convenient.

5. How do the circumstances surrounding Clara's hospitalization contribute to Obi's eventual downfall?
(a) They lead to his mother's death and Obi's decision to return to England.
(b) They lead to their break-up and the worsening of his financial situation.
(c) They lead to Clara's death, more expenses, and his loss of hope.
(d) They cause him to leave Clara and become more careless about money, finally accepting a bribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Obi eventually feel about his mother's death?

2. How is it made clear that the matter is not over after Obi resists Mr. Mark's offer of a bribe?

3. How does the relationship between Obi and Marie Tomlinson develop after she witnesses Obi's distress about his finances?

4. What are Obi's early responses to the death of his mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Obi decide to apply for local leave and visit his home?

2. When Obi visits home, how does the issue of Clara being osu affect Obi's discussions with his father?

3. As Obi is caught with evidence of having accepted a bribe, how does the author indicate that outsiders have no idea how to account for what has happened to Obi?

4. Describe the two specific events after the death of Obi's mother that indicates that Obi has broken his resolve against accepting bribes.

5. Why does the author place emphasis on describing Obi's deteriorating financial situation after the incidents with Mr. Mark and Elsie, his sister?

6. What mixed reactions does Obi display in response to his mother's death?

7. What changes about Obi's thoughts when Obi approaches Mr. Omo about a salary advance and learns that his financial situation is even worse than he imagines?

8. As Obi returns to office while Clara is hospitalized, how do the issues discussed at work contrast with the serious problems facing Obi?

9. At the beginning of Obi's visit to his parents, how does the author communicate Obi's feelings about his mother?

10. After Obi returns from his visit home, how does Christopher react to Obi's news about the response of his parents to his plan to marry Clara?

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