THE LIFE CHANGER

1. This novel , employs one of these style of narrative (a)first person (b)second person
(c)third person (d)none of the above
2. ___led the children into chuckle and a loud laughter (a)it was so because they were happy
(b)because they caught their mother peeping (c)because, Bint teacher failed to answer her
question (d)because, the French teacher answered her question
3. Bint was ____ year old when his social studies teacher fumbled (a)15 years (b)4 years
(c)10 years (d)5 years
4. Bint was indirectly described by her mother as___ (a)a narrator (b)an orator (c)an
instructor (d)a meddler
5. The incident that occurred in Bint’s class upgraded her and was seen as a_____ by her
classmates (a)naughty girl (b)bad fellow (c)genius (d)an idiot
6. According to Bint’s mother, language acquisition is more accessible at ___ (a)later age
(b)latter age (c)normal age (d)early age
7. The class began clapping and laughing at the same time ‘laughing’ here connotes ___
(a)derision of the class teacher (b)that the answer came from a pupil (c)that the problem
was solved by the French teacher (d)that Bint got it wrong
8. Why the class teacher dashed out with the French teacher and stayed much longer to
return (a)because he was abashed (b)because he was tired (c)because he went for break
(d)because he was indolent
9. Bint has ____ siblings (a)twelve (b)five (c)two (d)three
10. Their mothers accidentally walked into their chit-chat in anticipation of (a)playing with
them and leave (b)checking their hygienic potentialities and familiarizing herself with
them (c)to check if they have slept and clean their room to talk to them and give them
good advice
11. Their mother visited them most time____ (a)calculatedly (b)sporadically
(c)unintentionally (d)unannounced
12. “What you teach a child is like writing on a rock….” This expression can be described in
one word thus (a)abridge (d)indelible (c)invisible (d)irretrievable
13. The narrator’s name was___ (a)wunmi (b)ummi (c)olumide (d)wunnie
14. The Arabic word that has ‘mother’ as interpretation coincidentally the same with the
narrator’s origin as ___ (a)wunni (b)wunmi (c)ummi (d)none
15. Bint’s mother’s profession is___ (a)a lecturer (b)a doctor (c)a nurse (d)a teacher
16. The name of the first child of the narrator is ___ (a)Amar (b)Omah (c)Omar (d)Jamah
17. The position of Bint in the family was___ (a)the second to the first (b)the first child (c)the
fourth (d)third child
18. Teema is__ (a)a second female child (b)third female child (c)second male child (d)the first
of all
19. Omar was given admission to study__ (a)medicine (b)accounting (c)linguistics (d)law
20. Omar was expected to study in___ campus (a)Kampala (b)Togo (c)Congo
21. “My face besieged by eight expectant ears….” This expression exemplifies the use of___
(a)irong (b)euphemism (c)synecdoche (d)symbolism
22. “….besieged by eight expectant ears can mean___ (a)the eight ears (b)the ears unknown
(c)the expected ears (d)her four children
23. Teemah can be described as___ (a)tall and babbled (b)babbled and short (c)short and
taciturn (d)fat and eloquent
24. After Omar received the letter, he was described___ (a)elated (b)sarcastic (c)morose
(d)indifference
25. Omar bought___ for all his siblings (a)fanta (b)coke (c)fearless (d)zobo
26. ___was sent to bring the drink (a)Bint (b)Teemah (c)Jamila (d)ummie
The reason the narrator refused to tell her children her university experiences initially was
because of___ (a)divisibility and differences of classes (b)she didn’t know which story to
tell (c)she has forgotten (d)she didn’t know how to start
27. When Bint asked her mother to tell them story was around___ (a)1pm (b)5pm (c)2pm
(d)4pm
28. What Omar scored in his matriculation examination (a)200 marks (b)250 marks (c)230
marks (d)320 marks
29. Ummi was an indigene of___ (a)Ilorin (b)Lagos (c)Lafayette (d)Abidjan
30. “The lecturer-in-charge had taken ages to come… taken eternity to start”. This expression
is an example of (a)oxymoron (b)metaphor (c)personification (d)hyperbole
31. The expression “the lecturer had taken ages to come….” Connotes____ (a)the lecturer was
well advanced in age (b)he was an elderly person (c)he came late and started work not
quite early (d)he was late and refused to attend to people
32. “money moves mountain”, this expression may be described as___ (a)reference
(b)inference (c)allusion (d)personification
33. Salma made a serious error addressing the lecturer as a result of (a)her eloquence
(b)mistake of identity (c)mistake of character (d)none
34. Salma was one kind of person who was___ (a)garrulous (b)intent (c)ebullient (d) egoistic
35. The incident at Dr. Samuel Johnson’s on ummi’s sense of judgment was that of___
(a)positive (b)exactness (c)misjudgment (d)naivety
36. Ummi, upon meeting her HOD on the corridor brought back on her a___ (a)courage
(b)sense of guilt (c)anger (d)excitement
37. The didactic motive the both stories taught was that (a)one should be smart (b)one must
not take nonsense (c)you judge not people by appearance (d)you don’t address people
based on tribe
38. The ‘quiet one’ as it was referred to in the novel was the (a)the incident at Dr. Samuel’s
office (b)the moon folktale (c)A neighbor’s story (d)the birth of a child
39. In Lafayette language ‘boka’ means___ (a)traditional ruler (b)chefs (c)herbalist (d)Pastor
40. ‘Hakimi’ was equated to__ (a)chief priest (b)a king (c)a teacher (d)a doctor
41. Telle lost his parents when he was barely___ years old (a)16 (b)14 (c)8 (d)20
42. Telle lost his mother at age___ (a)1 day old (b)20 years (c)10 years (d)5 years
43. After the death of Telle’s parents, he was described as one who is___ (a)solitude
(b)desperate (c)destitute (d)arrogant
44. Telle’s profession was a ____ (a)a shoe mender (b)a cart pusher (c) a lawyer (d)a driver
45. Why did Telle cease to be a quiet one (a)he was tired of being quiet (b)he started making
noise (c)he hates being quiet (d)he was accused and arrested with some bandits
46. Telle and bandit were judged as amateurs and inept through a/an (a)ridiculous ransom
(b)outrageous demand (c)unquestionable command (d)refusal to bargain
47. EXAL is an acronym of one of these according to the novel (a)electronic mail agency
limited (b)education ministers allowance (c)examination malpractice (d)examination
malevolence
48. Salma went to her first university and was driven out as a result of a / an (a)excellent
performance (b)examination malpractice (c)refusal to accept a lecturer’s advances (d)she
abused a lecturer
49. Dr. Dabo through his disposition was described as ___ (a)callous (b)belligerent
(c)economical (d)disciplined
50. Ada, one of salma’s friends was hailed from___ (a)enugu state (b)imo state (c)benue
(d)delta
51. One of the reasons salma would not want to stay in the room allocated to her was____
(a)the room was not up to her taste (b)the building was old (c)none of her friends could be
found there (d)she naturally detested the hostel
52. One of these character was the brightest and cleanest as it was revealed by salma (a)Ngozi
(b)Ada (c)Bint (d)Tomiwa
53. One of these reasons made Indomie Jollof to be prominent among students except (a)stale
taste (b)easy preparation (c)cheap acquisition (d)quick readiness
54. One unique factor that bond salma and her friends together was____ (a)room (b)food
(c)studies (d)classroom
55. The spatial settings of the novel are: (a)Lafayette and kano (b)Lafayette and Abidjan
(c)Abidjan and zaria (d) lafayette and zaria
56. The physical attitude displayed in Samal’s behavior indecent dressing was a sharp contrast
to salma’s___ (a)innermost attitude (b)waywardness (c)gullibility (d)ineptitude
57. The idiomatic expression “blind date” interprets (a)meeting of two people that have not
seen each other before (b)meeting of two blind people (c)meeting that is done in darkness
(d)a date that has no eyes
58. Many a boy seems avoiding to date tomiwa as a result of an attitude describe to be___
(a)quietness (b)gullibility (c)nonchalant (d)overconfidence
59. “Tomiwa develops a cold feet”, the expression indicates that she___ (a)becomes
frightening (b)her feet becomes cold (c)she has courage (d)she was confused
60. The cause of tomiwa developing cold feet was that (a)her visitors may be cultists (b)they
may come with bad news (c)they may rape her (d)B and C
61. One of the reasons Tomiwa rejected sitting in the front seat of the Habib’s car was that
(a)She was afraid of being strangled (b)Afraid of accident (c)Afraid of arm robbers
(d)Afraid and has phobia for front seat
62. The mood Tomiwa during her conversation with Habib can be said a/an (a)A care free
(b)Indignant (c)repressive (d)joyous
63. Tomiwa’s return from her date had effect of__ on their relationship before it was abated
(a)rancor (b)love (c)unity (d)total separation
64. The perceived rift between salma and tomiwa was abridged by___ (a)a knock (b)ada
(c)their neighbors (d)habib
65. The final paper written in the year tomiwa and friends wrote their final year exam was__
(a)moral philosophy (b)psychology (c)sociology (d)human geography
66. The final paper was swaid to be equated to__ in secondary school(a)physics (b)sciences
(c)civic education (d)economics
67. One of the reasons that made the final paper looked very simple in the university was that
(a)there was always chances to cheat (b)they were usually set from the secondary standard
(c)the questions usually being repeated (d)the small sheet of paper to cheat was used for
exam malpractice allowed
68. Salma was in dire need of__ at her HOD’s office after being caught for examination
malpractice (a)money to bribe (b)mercy and compassion (c)people for advocacy
(d)support
69. One obvious character possessed by salma was that she was__ (a)an idiot (b)a liar (c)a
schemer (d)eccentric in nature
70. Dr. Mohammed was a medical doctor? (a)yes (b)no (b)maybe (d)undecided
71. Dr. Mohammed was reclusive and sad for what may be as a result of (a)loosing to playing
card (b)the death of his parent (c)loosing money (d)none
72. Telle relocated away from lafayette for a reason associated to a___ (a)robbery (b)rape
(c)kidnapping (d)murder
73. Telle eventually later turned out to be a/an___ (a)farmer (b)engineer (c)harder (d)pilot
74. Kartagi was famed for__ (a)boxing (b)playing football (c)tennis (c)sprinter (d)gambling
75. Gumusu can be described as a___ (a)thug and gambler (b)thug and driver (c)lecturer and
HOD (d)politician and businessman
76. “That is my comeuppance”…. Before he passed out” ‘pass out’ can mean___ according to
the usage in the novel (a)graduated (b)fainted (c)sent out (d)removed
77. Kabir was punished by Zaki because he___ (a)dubbed salma (b)was hated by him
(c)gambled (d)delayed him
78. How much did zaki received as a compensation for nabbing kabir (a)three hundred
thousand naira (b)two hundred naira (c)one thousand naira (d)fifty thousand naira
79. Labaran would not refund the money to habib because of one of these reasons (a)he
sensed habib must have betrayed him (b)habib may not need it (c)the money was unclean
(d)he was a rich man
80. “The journey to the hereafter is rather long….” This exemplified (a)smile (b)symbolism
(c)euphemism (d)antithesis
81. “The journey to the hereafter” this may connote (a)travelling to another town (b)travelling
to that place (c)transition to the great beyond (d)transfer to another place of work
82. Quick interment of corpses according to Islamic rite or ethic was believed to be one of
these reasons except (a)to arrange quick meeting with the creator (b)to quickly relieve
grieves (c)to avoid decomposition (d)to create avenue for dinning and winning
83. Delay of a corpse was an opportunity to prevent burying people alive. This exertion was
made by __ (a)tomiwa (b)ngozi (c)ada (d)laraban
84. One of these proposed marriage to salma (a)habib (b)salim (c)lawal (d)laraban
85. Salim’s internet girlfriend happened to be one who was___ (a)so comely (b)rugged
(c)congruent (d)ugly
86. “A wild goose chase as it was used in the prose”, ‘the life changer’ expressed___ (a)to
follow what looked impossible (b)to run after a bird (c)to do things cleverly (d)to ignore
things
87. Dating on social media was summarized by lawal as___ (a)deception and compromised
(b)factual and reality (c)contempt and divorce (d)patience and endurance
88. Salim located natasha by___ to her said house (a)trekking (b)flight (c)car (d)motorcycle
89. The phrase ‘military park’ in Nigeria parlance could mean__ (a)parking that resemble
soldiers (b)parking by facing the entrance or turning to the adjacent faced (c)turning back
to the place coming from (d)park without turning ignition off
90. Natasha was nothing but___ to lay hand on salim and rob him of his valuables (a)bate
(b)bait (c)base (d)bade
91. “please, don’t hurt him”, this expression came from Natasha indicates that (a)she was one
of the bandits (b)she was sympathetic (c)she was concerned (d)she was feeling for him
92. “From God we came and unto him is our returning”. This expression is made by salim
under his assailants that could indicate (a)the end has come (b)that the gun men will die
(c)that he wanted God to save him (d)that all the gunmen should think of God
93. The sudden disappearance of roger and natash in salim’s car during his hostage was
suggested that__ (a)they might jump out of the car (b)they might use metaphysical power
(c)they might hide under the car seat (d)none of the above
94. Lawal was expected that natasha’s experience should have served him as a/an__ to
engage in social network dating (a)encouragement (b)deterrent (c)alluring (d)an excited
thing
95. “by the skin of their teeth”, this expression means ___ (a)to manage to do something (b)to
use one’s teeth to fight (c)untrue event (d)to have skin in teeth
96. Ummi and the children were all agreed to wait for their father while sitting under the___
(a)shield (b)canopy (c)tree (d)in the cave

ANSWERS FROM CHAPTER ONE AND TWO

1.B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. A
8. A 9. D 10. B 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. C
15. D 16. C 17. C 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. C
22. D 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C
29. C 30. C

ANSWERS FROM CHAPTER THREE

31. D 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. A 36. C 37. B
38. C 39. C 40. C 41. B 42. D 43. A 44. A
45. D 46. D 47. A 48. B 49. B 50. D 51. D

ANSWERS FROM CHAPTER FIVE AND SIX

52. C 53. D 54. A 55. B 56. D 57. A 58. A
59. D 60.A 61. A

ANSWERS FROM CHAPTER SEVEN AND EIGHT

62. A 63. A 64. A 65. A 66. A 67. C 68. D
69. B 70. C 71. B 72. A 73. C 74. A 75. D

ANSWERS FROM CHAPTER NINE

76. B 77. A 78. D 79. A 80. C 81. C 82. D
83. B 84. B 85. D 86. A 87. A 88. C 89. C
90. B 91. A 92. A 93. A 94. B 95. A 96. C