Obi

Question 1

He thought…..

Answer 1

He thought he was fully prepared

Question 2

Appeared un……. and in…….

Answer 2

Appeared unruffled and indifferent

Question 3

Treacherous….

Answer 3

Treacherous tears

Question 4

(Obi’s image of Lagos vs reality of Lagos)
Rotting….. 🐶
Putrid….

Answer 4

Rotting dog and putrid flesh

Question 5

(Describing the sea—> pathetic fallacy—> reflects obis emotions)

Endless waste of r……. j…… h…….

Answer 5

Endless waste of restless jaggy hillocks

Question 6

(Sea—-> obis emotions)

The peace and sm…… v…..

Answer 6

The peace and smoothnesss vanished

Question 7

(Tragic hero—> wants to save the world but can’t)

Water, water everywhere b… n… a d….. to d….

What a W……..

Answer 7

Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink

What a waste

Question 8

Mistake….. N…… O…./T……

Answer 8

Mistake Number One

Capital letters

Question 9

Everyone expected a y…. m.. f…. e…. to b…. i….. t…. o….

Answer 9

Everyone expected a young man from england to be impressively turned out

Question 10

An investment which must y…… h…… d…..➗

Answer 10

An investment which must yield heavy dividens

Question 11

Obi’s English on the other hand was

Most u……..

Answer 11

Most unimpressive

Question 12

What kind of democracy can live s….. by s…. w….. so m….. c……. and I…….

Answer 12

What kind of democracy can exists side by side with so much corruption and ignorance

Question 13

He wore her s…. a….. his n…. l… a n….. of s…….

Answer 13

He wore her sadness round his neck like a necklace of stone

Question 14

Father I no l…… b…… in y…… G……

🙏

Answer 14

Father I no longer believe in your god

Question 15

Could h.. a…… t… p….?

£10

Answer 15

Could he afford ten pounds?

Question 16

A strong w…… h…… s……. a…….

Answer 16

A strong wind had suddenly arisen

Question 17

As though 1… of p….. h…… b…… l….. l….. f…… the s……

Answer 17

As if thousands of pebbles had been let loose from the sky

Question 18

European education had made him a s…….. in h.. c…….

Answer 18

European education had made him a stranger in his country—the most painful thing one could say to Obi.

When Joseph is talking to obi about what an osu is

Question 19

If one finger b…… o… it s…… the o…….

Answer 19

If one finger brings oil it’s soils the others

Question 20

His family would
V……. o…….
To him marrying an osu

Answer 20

Violently oppose

Question 21

Obi del very u……

Answer 21

Uneasy
At the umophia meeting
Deciding his future

Question 22

He no longer felt g……. he to had died

Answer 22

Guilty

Question 23

He could not escape the b….. of his m……. f…….

Answer 23

Burden of his mothers funeral

Question 24

E…….. s………

Answer 24

Eternal shame

Question 25

B……. of n. N……..

Answer 25

Beast of no nation

Question 26

The air was d…… h…… and h……

Answer 26

Dead heavy and hot

Question 27

Like a p….. f.. t…. b…. a W…..

Answer 27

He felt like a panicky fly trapped behind a windscreen

Question 28

You will have my b…. on your h….. b…. i s….. k….. m…

Answer 28

You will have my blood on your head because I shall kill my self

Question 29

You will bring s…… to y….. h….. and on t….. h….. of y….. c……

Answer 29

You will bring sorrow to your head and on the heads of your children

Question 30

A man like Obi with a c….. and an e….. p…. w.. e….. to do b……

Answer 30

A man like obi with a car and an European post was expected to do better