Earlyface

There is no doubt that the JAMB Novel “In dependence” will one again be used to prepare UTME candidates for 2018 UTME use of english examination.
After going through this interesting  novel, Students Nigeria team have been able to compile 75 possible questions and answers from the book “In Dependence” for candidates preparing for 2018 UTME.

Candidates are to ensure they go through the book completely and have a clear idea of what it is talking about and note the characters involved.
These questions only serve to give you an idea on how JAMB will present the question. It does not mean that these are the exact questions that will come up during the examination. These questions should only serve to guide you on how to read and what to look out for while reading.
Below are JAMB possible questions and answers from the book “In Dependence”
The options or senbtences in asteriks (*) are the answers in questions 1
1. Modupe and Tayo always visit where at dark hours
*A. Lebanese Cinema*
B. Hill’s Club
C. Auvergne’s Theatre
D. Las Palmas de Club
Answer is A
2. “Here is some money for the ladies”; The speaker here is ________
A. Uncle Kayode
B. Yusuf(Tayo’s friend)
C. Mr. Adeniyi Ajayi
*D. Uncle B*
Answer is D
3. It was said in the letter written to Inspector Adeniyi Ajayi, that Tayo met King Olav’s son from ________
A. South Africa
B. London
*C. Norway*
D. Brazil
Answer is C
4. Mr. Ike Nwandi, studies _______ abroad
A. Latin
*B. History*
C. Law
D. Modern Languages
Answer is B
5. What was Uncle Kayode’s job rank before his return from Abroad?
A. FBI agent
B. Lieutenant
*C. Senior Army Officer*
D. Superintendent
Answer is C
6. A simile embroidered to qualify Mr. Ajayi’s silver car was –  Answer: *It was glistened like a fresh river fish*
7. Before Tayo’s travel, He presumed that Uncle Bola held – Answer:*the secret to a woman’s heart*
8. In the last sentence of Mr. Ajayi’s letter to his son was their family’s motto which states – Answer:*In all things moderation, with exception of study*
For questions 9-28, check for the answers after question number 28
9. How is Suleiman related to Vanessa
(a) Biological son
(b) Adopted son
(c) Nephew
(d) Sibling
10. Vanessa’s Mother known as ______ died of cancer in what year.
(a) Mrs Baker, 1975
(b) Mrs Elizabeth, 1976
(c) Mrs Baker, 1977
(d) Mrs Elizabeth, 1978
11. Vanessa was eventually married to who?
(a) Professor Peters
(b) Professor Tayo
(c) Professor Edwards
(d) Professor Trevor
12. What is the nature of Christine’s death?
(a) Murder, overdose
(b) Suicide, overdose
(c) Accident
(d) Cancer
13. Uncle Kayode later pursued a career in _______
(a) Teaching, London
(b) Businessman, France
(c) Engineering, France
(d) Sailor, London
14. Professor Tayo was given an honorary award in
(a) Music
(b) Civil Law
(c) Science
(d) Literature
15. How many honorees were awarded a doctorate alongside Professor Tayo
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
16. Tayo’s cousin, Tunde is the Pastor of
(a) a great Catholic Cathedral in London
(b) a Nigerian protestant church in London
(c) fastest growing Nigerian Church in London
(d) a Baptist Regional Church in London
17. Kwame had been teaching in the ______ before Tayo’s arrival
(a) California University
(b) Oxford University
(c) London University
(d) San Francisco University
18. For how many years has Kwame been teaching in the University before Tayo’s arrival.
(a) Six
(b) Seven
(c) Eight
(d) Nine
19. The name of the driver accompanying Tayo to the Airport when he had an accident is
(a) Audu
(b) Ahmed
(c) Abdou
(d) Alfeez
20. Mrs. Elizabeth seemingly had an affair with a slave while in Nigeria named?
(a) Daudu
(b) Danladi
(c) Danjuma
(d) Dende
21. Pick-up-your-stick-and-sandals marriage was a phrase popularly used by the ______ according to Vanessa
(a) Igbo
(b) Yoruba
(c) Hausa
(d) Europeans
22. Salamatou is the biological mother of Suleiman, but she died of
(a) Cancer
(b) Car accident
(c) Brief Illness
(d) Heart attack
23. Vanessa married to Professor Barker on
(a) July 14th 1975
(b) July 15th 1976
(c) July 16th 1977
(d) July 17th 1978
24. Suleiman was ______ years old when he dropped out of the university
(a) 17
(b) 18
(c) 19
(d) 20
25. Vanessa Richardson is an Africa Journalist who writes column for
(a) Washington Post
(b) New York Times
(c) The Guardian
(d) Daily Times
26. Akin, the carver, had a great uncle, who was a servant to ______ during colonial periods
(a) Colonial officer Jonathan
(b) Mr Nancy Murdoch
(c) Sir Hugh Trevor
(d) Lord Lugard
27. Tayo lied to Vanessa that Christine was his
(a) Sister
(b) Friend
(c) Cousin
(d) Enemy
28. Kemi (Tayo’s daughter) has a boyfriend named ______, who works as a _____
(a) Charlie, photographer
(b) Laurent, chef
(c) Richard, chef
(d) Metuh, photographer.
Answers:
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The answers to questions 29 – 58 are ticked as (✔)
29. Tayo’s mother died on her way to____?
(a)Abuja
(b)oxford
(c)Lagos✔
(b)Benin
30. where does Ike work?
(a)In a bar
(b)in the ministry of education✔
(c)as a British council
(d)as a business man
31. Which word does Akin’s uncle have a penchant for?
(a)Come nearer
(b)you follow✔
(c)Yowa
(d)left out
32. who told Tayo his mother was dead?
(a)His friend
(b)ike
(c)modupe
(d)Miriam✔
33. what game did Akin’s uncle start with his friends?
(a)Football
(b)Tennis
(c)Ayo✔
(d)Ludo
34. what is the name of Akin’s uncle boss?
(a)John Lee
(b)Lugard
(c)Lord lugard✔
(d)Fred
35. whom did Tayo think of whenever he was with Helene?
(a)Christine
(b)Vanessa✔
(c)Modupe
(d)his mother
36. what was written on Kemi’s snoopy night dress?
(a)Love is the whole world✔
(b)Rock my style
(c)Love my style love me
(d)kiss my ass
37. where did ajayis always fly to for the summer holidays?
(a)Abuja
(b)Hong Kong
(c)Lagos✔
(d)England
38. in what year did uncle kayode get married to Helene?
(a)1975
(b)1964
(c)1987
(d)1974✔
39. how old was Miriam’s pregnancy as at the time they visited the yelwa club?
(a)5weeks
(b)3 months
(c)5months ✔
(d)3weeks
40. who called out on greetings as Tayo and his family entered the lounge in yelwa club?
(a)Abraham
(b)Ibrahim✔
(c)Vanessa
(d)Christine
41. what was the name of Tayo’s daughter?
(a)Kardashian
(b)lily
(c)kemi✔
(d)funke
42. who phoned Tayo last week to congratulate him on his manuscript?
(a)His friends
(b)his friends
(c)his colleagues
(d)his publisher’s✔
43. what was the name of salamatou’s son?
(a)Suleiman✔
(b)Abubakar
(c)David
(d)ike
44. when was tayo’s family house normally quiet?
(a)Monday morning
(b)Friday morning
(c)Sunday morning✔
(d)Saturday evening
45. what did Tayo and Vanessa order when they got to the restaurant in Lagos?
(a)Rice and beans
(b)Rice and stew
(c)Rice and plantains✔
(d)coffee
46. what was the name of Tayo’s neighborhood drunk in his home town in ibadan?
(a)Jimoh
(b)micheal
(c)Dele✔
(d)Fred
47. who was the most successful trader along the west African coast?.
(a)Tayo’s Auntie
(b)Tayo’s mother✔
(c)Tayo’s sister
(d)Tayo’s mother in Law
48. what was the name of Oxford finest hotel?
(a)Royal Hotel
(b)The Randolph Hotel✔
(c)Super motion hotel
(d)Oxford Hotel and suit
49. what was the name of Yusuf’s current girlfriend?
(a)Amina
(b)yemi
(c)Joyce✔
(d)femi
50. What did Tunde refuse to have at the party in his house?
(a)wordly music
(b)smooching
(c)drinks✔
(d)dance
51. Tunde’s room was designed to be what?
(a)Hotel
(b)A lounge✔
(c)a slf con
(d)a mansion
52. The name of Tayo’s cousin was?
(a)Bayo
(b)Tumi
(c)Tunde✔
(d)jumoke
53. where did Tayo accompany tunde to?
(a)The club
(b)the bakery✔
(c)the restaurant
(d)Vanessa’s house
54. where was Yusuf working at?
(a)The bakery
(b)At the clinic
(c)At the hospital✔
(d)At the bank
55. what did Tayo aspire to be in the future!
(a)A teacher✔
(b)an accountant
(c)a drunk
(d)an entrepreneur
56. what is the name of Vanessa’s father!
(a)Michael
(b)Olamide
(c)Jonathan.✔
(d)buhari
57. who drove to fetch uncle tony from station when he arrived France?.
(a)Tunde
(b)Tayo
(c)Jane✔
(d)kemi
58. who was never asking but announcing?
(a)Nancy Mordovia
(b)Nancy Morx
(c)Nancy mordoch✔
(d)Nancy Bradford
“In Dependence” JAMB Possible Questions And Answers Chapter By Chapter
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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, **** you, Mum!’’ Who said this?
Ans: Suleiman
Chapter Thirty-One Likely JAMB UTME Questions And Answers
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
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
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
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
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
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?
Test Questions from The Book “In Dependence”