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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. In “The American Embassy,” how did the woman get her husband out of the house to safety?
(a) In a moving van.
(b) In disguise.
(c) They ran in the middle of the night.
(d) In the boot of the car.

2. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what did Nwamgba believe killed her husband?
(a) Poison.
(b) Magic.
(c) Colonialism.
(d) Disease.

3. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” what kinds of things did the Akunna’s relatives ask for as gifts from America?
(a) Books, magazines.
(b) Handbags, clothes.
(c) Candy, food.
(d) CDs, DVDs.

4. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what did Afamefuna come to value instead of “the hard, obvious things printed in books” (216)?
(a) The material things that embodied the her people’s history.
(b) The secret things that will never be witnessed.
(c) The invisible things that live in God.
(d) The soft things that live in the heart.

5. In “The Thing Around Your Neck,” when does the thing around Akunna’s neck start to let go?
(a) When she graduates from community college.
(b) When she is in a relationship with her boyfriend.
(c) When she sends gifts home.
(d) When she sends money home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” who does Odofile look down on when he takes Chinaza shopping?

2. In “The Arrangers of Marriage,” how does Chinaza characterize her aunt and uncle’s interest in her thoughts and feelings about new marriage?

3. In “The Headstrong Historian,” why did Nwamgba send Anikwenwa to learn English?

4. What does the “thing around your neck” do to Akunna?

5. In “The Shivering,” where does Ukamaka end up driving Chinedu to, regularly?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how does Nwamgba end up sending Anikwenwa to learn English from the mission schools?

2. When and where is "The Headstrong Historian" set?

3. How does the narrator characterize the rules in America, in "The Thing Around Your Neck"?

4. In “The Shivering,” how does Chinedu explain away Ukamaka’s objections about his logic regarding God’s will?

5. In “The Shivering,” what is it about the events in Nigeria that have Ukamaka so upset?

6. In “The Headstrong Historian,” what were Nwamgba’s parents’ objections to Nwamgba’s choice of Obierika as husband, and how did she overcome them?

7. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," what caused Nonso to receive preferential treatment among the three children in the story?

8. In “The American Embassy,” what is the woman’s relationship with the man behind her in line?

9. In “The American Embassy,” why does the woman leave the embassy without completing the interview process?

10. In “The Headstrong Historian,” how did Afamefuna validate Nwamgba’s values in the end of her life?

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