Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does the phone conversation between Christopher Chidebe and John Tucker seem devoid of emotion? (from An African Folktale, a Wall Street Lesson - A Dying Father, Dreams of Burma and England)

Neither have anything to say.

They are afraid to express emotion in front of Ndibe.

Their friendship was never genuine.

Both men prefer to communicate in writing.

2.

How does Ndibe feel when he realizes he will not have chicken and rice on Christmas? (from Wole Soyinka Saves My Christmas – Acknowledgements)

He resents his hosts for not serving him Nigerian food.

He recognizes that it is time to let go of some of his Nigerian traditions and accept American ones.

He is culturally disoriented and terrified to let this be the one Christmas he does not eat this special dish.

He is happy that he no longer has to eat a meal he associates with growing up in poverty.

3.

How does Ndibe feel about the number of Africans in Amherst? (from Are You Okay? - On a Croc’s Back, America-bound)

He wishes there were more Nigerians.

He is frustrated that there are so few.

He is relieved that there are so many.

He wonders why they are all academics.

4.

Why does Onyeama mistake Ndibe for a novelist? (from Will Edit For Food – Lying to Be a Writer)

Onyeama has read some of Ndibe's short stories.

Ndibe asked Onyeama about his publishing company.

Ndibe has been vocal about his desire to be a novelist.

Ndibe's articles have a novelistic style.

5.

How does Ndibe characterize British colonial power in Nigeria in his lifetime? (from English Dreams, Communist Fantasies, and American Wrestling)

He celebrates that Nigerians are free of British imperialism.

He describes it as culturally persistent, even though Nigeria has gained independence.

He describes British attempts to exercise their power as ridiculous.

He thinks that independence might as well never have happened, because little has changed.

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