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Dangerous Love MCQs
Updated on: November 6, 2025
Estimated Reading Time: 18 min

Dangerous Love MCQs

1. Why did Omovo not get his hair cut by the master barber?

A. The shop was closed
B. The master was away in Abeokuta
C. The apprentice refused
D. Omovo changed his mind

B. The master was away in Abeokuta.
The apprentice told him the master had gone home to Abeokuta for a few days.

2. What compound man first stopped to comment on Omovo’s drawing?

A. Blackie
B. Tuwo
C. The manager
D. The old bachelor

B. Tuwo.
Tuwo, described as robust, was the first to stop and show interest in the drawing.

3. What did Tuwo warn Omovo to be careful about?

A. Fighting demons
B. Selling his work cheaply
C. The girls, especially married ones
D. His political views

C. The girls, especially married ones.
Tuwo warned Omovo to “be careful about the girls,” particularly the married ones.
4. What did the charcoal clouds in Omovo’s drawing resemble?

A. Smoke fumes
B. A bundle of dead bodies
C. Mountains
D. Large mushrooms

B. A bundle of dead bodies.
The charcoal shadings strongly resembled a bundle of dead bodies, reflecting the town’s morbidity.

5. What was Omovo’s primary emotion when the crowd gathered around his drawing?

A. Pride
B. Annoyance
C. Fear
D. Panic

D. Panic.
When Omovo looked at the intent faces surrounding him, a certain panic rose inside him.

6. How much did the unfamiliar boy suggest Europeans might pay for the framed drawing?

A. Fifty Naira
B. One hundred Naira
C. Twenty Naira
D. Five Naira

C. Twenty Naira.
An unfamiliar boy suggested Europeans would pay as much as twenty Naira for the drawing.

7. What was Dr. Okocha’s life-size painting outside his workshed of?

A. A chief
B. A well-known Nigerian wrestler
C. A spirit
D. A famous politician

B. A well-known Nigerian wrestler.
It was a black and white portrait of a well-known Nigerian wrestler, showing the Doctor’s commercial interest.
8. How much did the wrestler agree to pay Dr. Okocha for his painting?

A. Ten Naira
B. Fifty Naira
C. Twenty Naira
D. Seventy Naira

B. Fifty Naira.
Dr. Okocha excitedly told Omovo the wrestler agreed to buy the painting for fifty Naira.

9. What disturbing image was painted on Dr. Okocha’s shut workshed door?

A. A dead cat
B. A red sunset
C. A brooding green eye with a red teardrop
D. A sign prohibiting entrance

C. A brooding green eye with a red teardrop.
The door had a large faded painting of a brooding green eye with a gathering red teardrop.

10. Who sent Omovo the note asking to meet at Badagry Road?

A. Keme
B. Ifeyiwa
C. Blackie
D. Dr. Okocha

B. Ifeyiwa.
A boy brought Omovo a note from Ifeyiwa asking to meet him on Sunday at Badagry Road.

11. What did Omovo do with Ifeyiwa’s note immediately after reading it?

A. He crumpled it and burnt it
B. He read it again
C. He hid it under his pillow
D. He replied immediately

A. He crumpled it and burnt it.
Omovo crumpled the letter, got a box of matches, and burnt it to destroy the evidence.
12. What sound was heard right before Omovo fell into uncomfortable sleep?

A. Compound noises died away
B. Mosquitoes whined
C. The fan stopped
D. Children screamed

A. Compound noises died away.
The noises of the compound suddenly died away, claiming nothing, preceding his sleep.

13. What physical action did Ifeyiwa and Omovo take on Badagry Road that linked them?

A. They held hands
B. They shared a cigarette
C. They kissed quickly
D. They talked politics

A. They held hands.
Omovo brushed his hand against hers, and she slipped her fingers into his, holding hands.

14. What nightmare did Ifeyiwa share with Omovo?

A. Drowning in the sea
B. Being eaten by a serrated lizard
C. Being chewed by rats in a coffin
D. Her husband whipping her

C. Being chewed by rats in a coffin.
Ifeyiwa dreamed she was trapped in a coffin where rats began chewing at her.

15. What did Ifeyiwa find in the trap under the bed when she woke up?

A. A large piece of wood
B. A spider
C. A big rat
D. Nothing

C. A big rat.
After the nightmare, she woke and found the trap under her bed had caught a big rat.
16. What was Tuwo doing that Omovo’s father’s wife, Blackie, was seen doing with him?

A. Arguing
B. Walking together at Amukoko
C. Drinking ogogoro
D. Visiting the hospital

B. Walking together at Amukoko.
Ifeyiwa revealed she saw Tuwo walking one night at Amukoko with Blackie.

17. What terrifying prediction did Omovo make about his drawing?

A. It would burn
B. It would be stolen and published anonymously
C. It would be lost moving house
D. It would be defaced by his father

B. It would be stolen and published anonymously.
He foresaw his lost drawing on a bestseller cover, attributed to ‘Anonymous’, fearing exploitation.

18. What was Omovo’s father’s wife, Blackie, pretending to do when Omovo’s brothers left?

A. Cooking dinner
B. Winnowing husks from rice
C. Crying silently
D. Washing clothes

B. Winnowing husks from rice.
Blackie pretended to be winnowing husks from rice, feigning busyness and indifference.

19. What item was Omovo’s father holding during the final confrontation with his brothers?

A. A cane stick
B. A blood-stained belt
C. A kitchen knife
D. A bottle of ogogoro

B. A blood-stained belt.
His father was holding a blood-stained belt, trembling with rage, symbolizing the recent violence.
20. What phrase did Okur tell Omovo upon his departure?

A. Love your father
B. This is a dream we might wake up from
C. Find Ifeyiwa
D. I will return

B. This is a dream we might wake up from
As Umeh (Okur) left, he reassured Omovo, “This is a dream we might wake up from one day”.

21. What did Omovo begin to focus on after his brothers left?

A. His job
B. Drinking
C. Painting
D. His father’s wife

C. Painting.
After their departure, Omovo fell deeper into painting to explore his personal confusion.

22. Why was Omovo unable to sit for six papers in his school certificate final?

A. He lost the fees gambling
B. The principal disliked him
C. His father failed to pay his school fees
D. He was ill on the day

C. His father failed to pay his school fees
His father could not pay the school fees, which led the principal to fail Omovo.

23. What did Omovo realize his father was suffering from that made him feel sick?

A. His father’s anger
B. His father’s drunkenness
C. His father’s failure
D. His father’s betrayal

C. His father’s failure.
Omovo realized his father, whom he loved, was a failure, which made Omovo feel sick.
24. What did Ifeyiwa’s father shoot in the forest that turned into a girl?

A. A bird
B. An antelope
C. A soldier
D. A rabbit

B. An antelope.
Her father shot an antelope in the forest and hallucinated it turning into a little girl.

25. What did Ifeyiwa’s brother talk about before his death that showed his madness?

A. Seeing spacecrafts land on the farm
B. A young mermaid calling him
C. Dead bodies tilling the farms
D. All of the above

D. All of the above.
He talked of seeing spacecrafts, a mermaid, and dead bodies tilling farms, indicating his madness.

26. What was the title of the novel Omovo was reading when Ifeyiwa noticed him?

A. The Interpreters
B. Weep Not, Child
C. Jagua Nana
D. A Boring Tale

B. Weep Not, Child.
Ifeyiwa saw Omovo reading Ngugi’s novel, Weep Not, Child, which she had also just finished.

27. What did Ifeyiwa believe Omovo’s silence or distance was caused by?

A. His father’s demands
B. His painting obsession
C. Her husband waiting angrily
D. His argument with Blackie

C. Her husband waiting angrily.
She asked if he was distant because her husband might be waiting angrily for her.
28. What did Omovo’s mother say weeping was primarily for?

A. Cleansing and preparing for more weeping
B. Helping the wicked things to stop
C. Answering the gods
D. Getting stronger

A. Cleansing and preparing for more weeping.
She said weeping only cleanses us and prepares us for more weeping while the world continues.

29. What was the key element that grew between Omovo and Ifeyiwa?

A. Their shared love for literature
B. Their common dream of escape
C. Shared time amidst grime and wretched sanitation
D. Their shared hatred of Takpo

C. Shared time amidst grime and wretched sanitation.
Their bond developed amidst the grime, overcrowding, and wretched sanitation of the compound.

30. Why did Ifeyiwa’s husband forbid her from returning to evening classes?

A. They were too expensive
B. He felt she became inaccessible and changed
C. He needed her to work at the shop
D. He was afraid of the dark

B. He felt she became inaccessible and changed.
He felt she changed and became inaccessible when with her peers, fearing loss of control.

31. What did Ifeyiwa’s list of her life’s realities revolve around?

A. Fevers, bad food, and unrealized dreams
B. The excitement of the city
C. Money struggles and ambition
D. Family loyalty and religion

A. Fevers, bad food, and unrealized dreams.
Her realities included fevers, bad food, overwork, absence of freedom, and unrealized dreams.
32. What did Ifeyiwa’s husband threaten to do if she tried to run away from the clearing?

A. Call the police
B. Strangle her
C. Finish her
D. Beat Omovo

C. Finish her.
He pointed the knife and warned, “If you try to run you are finished”.

33. What did the dwarf-like figure warn would happen if the protagonist stayed too long on the island?

A. He would become rich
B. He would go completely mad
C. He would become a hero
D. He would be forgotten

B. He would go completely mad.
The dwarf-like figure warned he would start seeing things and go completely mad.

34. What caused the quarrel between Omovo and Blackie about the dishes?

A. The food tasted bad
B. Omovo called her a slave
C. Omovo left his plate uncleared
D. She broke his plate

C. Omovo left his plate uncleared.
Blackie shouted that Omovo had not cleared his plate and left it for “his slave.”

35. What traumatic memory invaded Omovo when he was attacked by Takpo?

A. Being locked up with his brothers during his parents’ quarrels
B. Losing his drawing
C. Seeing the dead girl in the park
D. His mother dying

A. Being locked up with his brothers during his parents’ quarrels
He remembered being locked in a room with his brothers during his parents’ fierce quarrels.
36. According to Keme’s editor, what type of news stories were accepted for printing?

A. Reports of ritual murder
B. Stories about women giving birth to snakes
C. Hard evidence reports
D. Political scandals

B. Stories about women giving birth to snakes
Keme complained they print stories about women giving birth to snakes but not ritual murder.

37. What memory caused Omovo to become more interested in the dark side of things?

A. His father’s failure
B. His mother beating him with a comb for staring at spiders
C. The war scene
D. Tuwo’s warning

B. His mother beating him with a comb for staring at spiders
His mother beat him for staring at spiders, which only made him more interested in them.

38. Why did Keme say he wanted to leave town?

A. He wanted to be Head of State
B. He felt trapped and restless
C. He was searching for his sister
D. He wanted to join Dele in the USA

B. He felt trapped and restless
Keme felt trapped, restless, and helpless in the city and needed to leave to find himself.

39. What did Omovo’s father say about the “dead” in the context of Uncle Maki’s visit?

A. They must be honored
B. Let the dead stay dead
C. They are still judging us
D. They should be forgiven

B. Let the dead stay dead
Omovo’s father violently rejected his wife’s family, shouting, “Let the dead stay dead”.
40. What action did Omovo perform with the crying child’s drawings?

A. He gave them to the child
B. He tore them up
C. He took them to his father
D. He framed them

A. He gave them to the child.
Omovo did four drawings of the crying child and gave them to the child.

41. What happened when Omovo touched his mother’s illusory face in his dream?

A. She embraced him
B. She transformed into a mask
C. She led him through the maze
D. He woke up cured

B. She transformed into a mask.
When Omovo touched her face in the dream, she disappeared, leaving only an illuminated mask.

42. What did Ifeyiwa’s husband do after tearing up Omovo’s sketches?

A. He kissed Omovo
B. He whipped Ifeyiwa
C. He apologized to Omovo
D. He fled the compound

B. He whipped Ifeyiwa.
Ifeyiwa said that after tearing the drawings, her husband threatened her and whipped her.

43. What did Omovo realize about the bus-stop chaos?

A. It was highly organized
B. It was the perfect symbol of the society
C. It was necessary for survival
D. It was full of joy

B. It was the perfect symbol of the society.
Omovo saw the bus-stop chaos as the perfect symbol of the society and life in general.
44. What was the name of the white woman Keme’s journalist friend was writing about?

A. She was unnamed
B. The manager’s wife
C. A feature writer
D. The bleached receptionist

C. A feature writer.
Keme recognized the mocking woman as a feature writer for a newspaper.

45. What was the most important subject taught in the city’s universities?

A. Science
B. History
C. Love
D. Mathematics

C. Love.
Entire faculties were devoted to the art of living, and Love was the most important subject.

46. What did the nightsoil man demand for removing his infernal deposit?

A. An apology from the elders
B. Thirty Naira
C. A new truck
D. The children be arrested

B. Thirty Naira.
He refused ten and twenty Naira, only condescending when the delegation raised the offer to thirty.

47. What was Omovo shocked to discover on the signboard outside the secret meeting place?

A. His father’s name
B. A masked figure
C. Dr. Okocha’s signature
D. His own painting

C. Dr. Okocha’s signature.
The intricate, symbolic painting was signed by Dr. Okocha, connecting him to the dark side.
48. What did Omovo have a sudden vision of during his forced meditation at work?

A. Ifeyiwa returning
B. The nation in riot and revolution
C. His father apologizing
D. His brother becoming successful

B. The nation in riot and revolution.
Omovo saw a vision of the nation in riot and revolution, with ghettoes burning.

49. What was Omovo’s feeling about the manager’s transfer to Mile Twelve?

A. He felt angry
B. He accepted it
C. He said the department was kind
D. He laughed nervously

C. He said the department was kind.
He sarcastically said the department was “very kind” in response to his transfer and exploitation.

50. What final revelation about his mother did Omovo realize when she died?

A. She was murdered
B. She was defeated by her husband’s envy
C. She was too strong
D. She was tired of the city

B. She was defeated by her husband’s envy.
Omovo realized his father was envious of her odd irrepressible power and treated her worse.

Brief Overview

Dangerous Love is a novel by Ben Okri, first published in 1996. It is a compelling coming-of-age story set in Lagos, Nigeria. The narrative details the troubled psychological and social transformation of the young protagonist, Omovo.

The story starts with Omovo as a young artist living a chaotic life marked by poverty and frustration. He shaves his head completely, a new look that immediately brings him mockery. He lives in a disintegrating family unit with his angry, drinking father and his stepmother, Blackie.

Omovo begins a secret, dangerous love for Ifeyiwa, a melancholy, married woman who hates her husband, Takpo. Omovo paints a work called “Drift,” showing the city’s chaos. Soldiers seize the painting at an exhibition, claiming it criticizes national progress.

Omovo and his friend, Keme, later discover the mutilated body of a young girl in a park. This ritual murder deeply traumatizes Omovo. Omovo is later attacked and beaten by unknown men.

Ifeyiwa’s husband, Takpo, catches Omovo drawing his wife. Takpo tears up the sketches and falsely accuses Omovo of making his wife run away.

Omovo’s family life completely collapses: his father catches Blackie cheating with Tuwo, murders Tuwo with a machete, and goes to prison. Ifeyiwa runs away and is later found dead. Omovo resolves to use his art to transform the pain of his life.

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