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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 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.

2. How is it made clear that the matter is not over after Obi resists Mr. Mark's offer of a bribe?
(a) Mr. Mark calls the office and threatens Obi.
(b) Elsie, Mr. Mark's sister, visits Obi at home.
(c) Mr. Mark's father turns up at the office later the same afternoon.
(d) Elsie, Mr. Mark's sister, turns up at the office later the same afternoon.

3. What are Obi's early responses to the death of his mother?
(a) He is relieved although it is too late to save the situation with Clara.
(b) He cries like a child and feels guilty about not keeping vigil for his mother.
(c) He believes maybe now he can marry Clara.
(d) He is too overcome by all his troubles to feel anything for his mother.

4. How does the author suggest that there is more than tennis to the relationship that Obi and Christoper have with Nora and Pat?
(a) He writes that Obi and Christopher quarrel over Nora.
(b) He writes that Obi kisses Pat passionately and the Mother sees them.
(c) He writes that Obi accuses Nora and Pat of racism because they rebuff their advances.
(d) He writes that Nora rebuffs Obi's passionate kiss, saying it is a sin for Catholics.

5. How does the author make it clear that Obi's financial situation is deteriorating after Obi resists Mr. Mark's offer of a bribe?
(a) He has fallen into debt with the UPU and owes someone at the office.
(b) He cannot find the money he promised to send to his parents.
(c) He cannot find the money to pay John's fees and he owes Clara money.
(d) Obi finds it hard to live on what remains after paying the UPU and sending money to help his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries does Obi have about the expectations of the people at home as he makes his journey home?

2. What causes Obi's failure to repay Clara's money?

3. What happens that makes Obi smile while reading that evening?

4. What is Obi's financial situation like as he is on his way home?

5. Where does Obi try to get money from to pay back Clara's loan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Obi leaves Clara to go off with the doctor who is going to perform the abortion, how does the author reveal the extent of Obi's distress?

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

4. Describe briefly the incidents that occur between Obi and Clara on the night before Obi leaves for his visit to his home.

5. What mixed feelings does Obi have about resisting the temptation to accept Mr. Mark's bribe?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. How does the second doctor that Clara and Obi visit differ from the first?

9. 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?

10. Why is Obi distressed by the reaction of his mother when they discuss Obi's plan to marry Clara?

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