The Thing Around Your Neck Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 177 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Thing Around Your Neck Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 177 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Arrangers of Marriage".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Ghosts,” when did Professor Nwoye and his wife return to their home, after fleeing?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1970.

2. In “Cell One,” how does the narrator characterize the town of Nsukka?
(a) University town.
(b) Country village.
(c) Administrative center.
(d) Industrial town.

3. In “On Monday of Last Week,” how does Kamara characterize parenting in America?
(a) Accepting compromises.
(b) Suffering indignities.
(c) Juggling anxieties.
(d) Reconciling impossibilities.

4. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” where does Akunna live when she arrives in America?
(a) New York.
(b) Maine.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New Jersey.

5. In “The Shivering,” what happened on the same day that the play crashed in Nigeria?
(a) The stock market crashed.
(b) The Nigerian first lady died.
(c) The Nigerian president died.
(d) The Nigerian soccer team played its world cup game.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Jumping Monkey Hill,” which writer do Ujunwa and Edward pick up at the airport?

2. In “A Private Experience,” what has Chika lost as she hides from the riots?

3. In “Imitation,” what is Nkem’s housegirl’s response when Nkem tells her about Obiora’s girlfriend?

4. In “On Monday of Last Week,” what amuses Kamara about the phrase “cooking dinner” in the U.S. (80)?

5. In “Ghosts,” what has Professor Nwoye come to the university to inquire about?

(see the answer key)

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