“In Dependence” JAMB Possible Questions And Answers Chapter By Chapter 2018

“In Dependence” JAMB Possible Questions And Answers Chapter By Chapter 2018

The questions below were extracted from each chapter of the book “In Dependence”. So if you would like to know JAMB possible questions and answers from chapter to chapter of the book, you have it below;



Chapter One Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



1. For what purpose is Tayo travelling to

England?

Ans: To take up a scholarship at Balliol College,

Oxford



2. What is the name of Tayo’s school in England?

Ans: Balliol College



3. What is the significance of Tayo’s visit to

relatives before embarking on his journey to

England? Ans: It is their tradition



4. Through what means of transportation does

Tayo travel to England?

Ans: Water



Chapter Two Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



5. Why is Tayo surprised that people do not greet

each other in passing in England?

Ans: Because in Nigeria, so much value is

attached to greetings.



6. In what subject did Bisi receive the highest

honours?

Ans: Geography



7. In the Ajayi motto, all things are expected to

be done with moderation except what?

Ans: Study



Chapter Three Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



8. Who is Mr Barker?

Ans: He His headmaster and Mr Faircliffe’s old

colleague



9. What reminds Tayo of his mother in the

Barkers’ house?

Ans: Isabella cooks wonderful meals in a way

that reminds Tayo of his mother



10. Christine was in her third year of study

when?

Ans: Tayo met her for the first Time.



Chapter Four Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



11. What is Vanessa Richardson’s nationality?

Ans; English



12. What is the name of the friend that Vanessa

wrote a letter to, concerning the status of women?

Ans: Jane



13. The full meaning of JACARI is?

Ans: Joint Action Committee Against Racial

Inequality



Chapter Five Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



14. What are Christine’s reasons for putting an

end to her relationship with Tayo?

Ans: Because she was called ‘clingy’ and the

fear of her boy being snatched by some woman



15. The language of fun among Tayo’s Nigerian

friends is ?

Ans: Pidgin



16. What are the things that made Tayo

remember home each time he is at Christine’s

place?

Ans: Her cooking which reminds him of mama

and the juju and highlife music she plays.



Chapter Six Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



17. What is the trait that Nessa cherises in Tayo

and that is absence in Charlie and Mehul?

Ans: Humility



18. What does Nessa mean by saying she has a

‘’small confession’’ to make?

Ans: She has connections to Nigeria as her

father is a colonial officer over there.



19. What did Tayo name Vanessa as?

Ans; Moremi.



Chapter Seven Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



20. What delicacies did Vanessa’s mother make

to welcome her daughter?

Ans: Chicken pie and cake.



21. For what occasion did her mother ask her

whom she was inviting?

Ans: Christmas party.



22. Whom did Vanessa’s father invite for the

occasion?

Ans: His South African racist miner friends.



Chapter Eight Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



23. How old was the Richardson’s house when

Tayo attended a party there?

Ans: About 200 years.



24. “We all get embarrassed by our parents”.

Who said this?

Ans: Tayo



25: To whom was it said?

Ans: Vanessa’s.

Chapter Nine Likely JAMB UTME Questions And

Answers:



26. What, according to the narrator, did Nessa

admire in Tayo when she visited him in the room

and saw him organizing his records in piles?

Ans: His tidiness.



Chapter Ten Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



27. Where did Simon suggest that they (him,

Tayo and their two girlfriends) spend Easter?

Ans: Paris.



28. Christine died by——?

Ans: Suicide.



29. Why did Tayo feel guilty about Christine’s

death?

Ans: His refusal to respond properly to her

letters and not giving her attention.



Chapter Eleven Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



30. Who is the only family Tayo has in England?

Ans: Tunde.



31. Why does Vanessa’s father detest Uncle

Tony?

Ans: To him, he is unconventional to him and

because he had the opportunity of achieving a

place at Cambridge University which Vanessa’s

father didn’t have.



32. What qualities did the narrator ascribe to

Nancy?

Ans; She is being described as having a

‘supercilious (arrogantly proud) tone and feigned

generosity’



Chapter Twelve Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



33. What made Tayo realise how lucky he was

for getting a scholarship at Balliol?

Ans: He witnessed the life of struggle most

African students live, engaging in ridiculous and

exhausting jobs such as bakery and hospital

work to make ends meet



34. What do the signs: “No Dogs, No Irish, No

Coloureds’’ (Africans and Indians) symbolise in

the novel?

Ans: Racism



35. The least strenuous work was reserved for

whom?

Ans: The English.



Chapter Thirteen Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



36. Where was bathing done since there is no

bathroom in Tunde’s house?

Ans; Kitchen (in tins) or public baths.



37. For what purpose(s) did Tunde throw a party

in his house?

Ans: For Tayo and to celebrate Gambia’s

independence



38. ‘’Nigerian women are the best’’ who said

this?

Ans: Yusuf



Chapter Fourteen Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



39. Whose wedding did Tayo and Vanessa

attend?

Ans: Yusuf’s



40. Joyce was expected to be the bride, but the

bride turned out to be whom?

Ans: Joy



41. ‘’No! Don’t Moremi me’’ Who made this

statement?

Ans: Vanessa



Chapter Fifteen Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



42. On New Year’s Eve, what happened to Tayo?

Ans: He woke up homesick



43. Where did he buy his chicken from?

Ans: The Covered Market

Chapter Sixteen Likely JAMB UTME Questions

And Answers:



44. The finest hotel in Oxford is…?

Ans: Randolph Hotel



45. According to the narrative, who is Tayo’s

favourite uncle?

Ans: Uncle Kayode



Chapter Seven Teen Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



46. Who invited Tayo to lead his school assembly

with a lecture on Nigeria?

Ans: Mr Richardson



47. ‘’What are your intentions with my daughter?’’

Who made this statement?

Ans: Mr Richardson



48. Who sent Tayo the telegram which reads:

‘’Baba is in hospital, recovering. Return home

immediately’’?

Ans: Tayo’s mother



Chapter Eighteen Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



49. What does Tayo despise Mr Richardson for?

Ans: Bigotry



50. Who is Dele?

Ans: The village drunk

Chapter Nineteen Likely JAMB UTME Questions

And Answers:



51. What circumstance led to the end of Tayo

and Vanessa’s relationship?

Ans: Tayo impregnated a woman

Chapter Twenty Likely JAMB UTME Questions

And Answers:



52. In this narrative, Nessa’s dreams as

portrayed by the writer are…?

Ans: Writing about African art and culture



53. Who is Salamatou?

Ans: A single mother of half-caste Sulaiman

Chapter Tweentyone Likely JAMB UTME

Questions And Answers:



54. In Tayo’s opinion, what are the root causes

of oil corruption and a broken civil service in

Nigeria? Ans: Greed and mismanagement



55. In what university was Tayo offered a job?

Ans: Birmingham University



56. Who is Miriam?

Answer: Tayo’s wife



Chapter Twenty-two Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



57. Whose diary did Tayo discover in his study?

Ans: Vanessa’s



58. Why is Miriam loved by Tayo’s family?

Ans: She nursed Tayo’s father with care when he

had stroke.



Chapter Twenty-three Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



59. Whose house is described as ‘Beauty in the

Heart of Darkness’?

Ans: Uncle Kayode’s house



60. What is the name of the local artiste that

took Tayo to the village?

Ans: Akin



Chapter Twenty-Four Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



61. What led to the closure of universities?

Ans: University students protest



62. For what reason is Tayo Opposed to leaving

the country?

Ans: He Wanted to wait and help his students



Chapter Twenty Five Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



63. In order of occurrence, what are the

challenges Tayo faced that made him reconsider

leaving Nigeria?

Ans: The broken pipe, his house boy’s leave of

him, his disappointment in the Foundation and

threats to his life.



64. What was his purpose of planning to travel to

New York, even though he eventually could not?

Ans: To receive an award for his book



65. Why did Simon arrange a meeting for Tayo

and whom did he hold it with?

Ans: To help in the possible funding of Tayo’s

university



66. What was the outcome of the meeting?

Ans: Disappointment



Chapter Twenty-Six Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



67. Who challenged Tayo on the road on his way home?

Ans: The soldiers



68. What reason did the soldiers give for bringing Tayo home?

Ans: They said Tayo had an accident while

driving recklessly



Chapter Twenty-Seven Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



69. What circumstance led to the death of

Nessa’s mother?

Ans: Cancer



70. What killed Tayo’s father?

Ans: Stroke



71. By what means did Tayo’s mother die?

Ans: An accident



Chapter Twenty-Eight Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



72. How many years of marriage did Nessa and

Edward celebrate at their wedding anniversary?

Ans: 18 years



73. ‘’To the woman I love, and with whom I have

walked the best 18 years of my life’’. Who made

this statement?

Ans: Edward



74. To whom was the statement made?

Ans: Vanessa



Chapter Twenty-Nine Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



75. What is responsible for the divorce between

Tayo and his wife?

Ans: Tayo took priority in his students over his

wife and child



76. For what reason was Tayo detained?

Ans: For showing his students Perry Henzel’s

film, The Harder They Come.



Chapter Thirty Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



77. What does Vanessa mean by the pick-up-

your-stick-and-sandals marriage?

Ans: A kind of love story wherein two lovers who

are each other’s first love do not get to marry

each other but meet later in life to re-unite



78. ‘’Ah, fuck you, Mum!’’ Who said this?

Ans: Suleiman



Chapter Thirty-One Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



79. What is the name of the home in which

Nessa went to check on her aged father?

Ans: The Carrington Home for the Elderly



80. For what reason did Nessa tell her father

when she was going to the airport?

Ans: To meet Tayo



81. What was her father looking for before she

came?

Ans: His pen



Chapter Thirty-Two Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



82. What is name of Tayo’s driver?

Ans: Abdou



83. ‘’Marriage is a serious thing’’ who said this?

Ans: Tayo



84. To whom was it said?

Ans: Abdoun



Chapter Thirty-Three Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



85. In what part of the U.S. did Kemi reside?

Ans: San Francisco



86. Whose money was used for Tayo’s treatment

after his accident?

Ans: Miriam’s



Chapter Thirty-Four Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



87. Why was Vanessa initially reluctant to publish

her father’s manuscript?

Ans: The poor relationship between her and her

father



88. Why did Vanessa’s mother return to England

with young Vanessa, while her father remained in

Nigeria?

Ans: Vanessa’s mother had an affair with their

gardener, Danjuma.



Chapter Thirty-Five Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



89. Tayo was employed to teach Oral histories in

Northern Nigeria and the political history of West

Africa in?

Ans: San Francisco.



90. ‘‘…Race is a part of the fabric of this nation.

You’re either black or you’re white, and this

affects every aspect of your life’’ who said this?

Ans: Kwame



91. To whom was this said?

Ans: Tayo



Chapter Thirty-Six Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers:



92. What honorary degree did Tayo receive?

Ans: Doctorate of literature



93. Who asked Tayo and Nessa to help take a

photograph of them?

Ans: A middle-aged couple



94. Did Miriam grace the occasion of Tayo’s

award of honorary degree?





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