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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Musa Musa is twelve?
(a) He accidentally shoots his brother.
(b) He breaks his back.
(c) He loses a goat and disappears.
(d) He goes to boarding school.

2. How does the man who offers to help Esi appear?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Insolent.
(c) Haggard.
(d) Handsome.

3. What does Esi realize she has endured when she gets to her office?
(a) Sexism at work.
(b) Several pregnancies.
(c) Marital rape.
(d) Too many years of silence from Oko.

4. Who greets Esi at Hotel Twentieth Century?
(a) Ali.
(b) Ogyaanowa.
(c) Opokuya.
(d) Oko.

5. About what do Opokuya and Kubi argue every morning?
(a) Whether Kubi should take a government job.
(b) Whether Opokuya should give up midwifery.
(c) What trade Kubi will take up.
(d) The use of the car.

6. What did Opokuya decide early on in her marriage?
(a) To trust her husband.
(b) To do what she wanted.
(c) To assume her husband would have affairs and that was okay.
(d) To let her husband rule the family.

7. Who does Oko's mother leave at his house one day?
(a) A beautiful young girl.
(b) A letter from Esi.
(c) A baby boy.
(d) Ogyaanowa.

8. What do both Ali and Fusena have during their initial six years of friendship?
(a) An agreement to marry someday.
(b) Multiple affairs.
(c) An agreement to be faithful to each other.
(d) An understanding that they will not ever marry.

9. What does Ali tell Fusena he is thinking of doing?
(a) Taking a second wife.
(b) Moving to France.
(c) Divorcing her.
(d) Moving to England.

10. What happens on the drive when Opokuya loses use of the car?
(a) Kubi jokes trying to get Opokuya in a better mood.
(b) Silence.
(c) Nothing different from usual.
(d) Opokuya tries to convince Kubi the whole way to let her have the car.

11. Why does Esi say her marriage fails?
(a) Oko resented her not being with him constantly.
(b) Esi has never loved Oko.
(c) Oko wants a wife who wants more children.
(d) Oko was having an affair.

12. What type of woman does Ali prefer to date?
(a) He has no preference.
(b) Young virgins.
(c) Mature, sexually-experienced women.
(d) He prefers men.

13. What does Fusena start feeling upset in her marriage?
(a) Her husband has married two more wifes.
(b) She wants to stay home with the kids but has to work.
(c) Her husband is getting more education than she.
(d) She has not managed to get pregnant.

14. How long does Ali live away from his father?
(a) His entire life.
(b) His first year.
(c) He's always lived with his father.
(d) His first eight years.

15. What does Oko buy thinking it will be good for Esi and Ogyaanowa?
(a) A boat.
(b) A bungalow in the country.
(c) A new car.
(d) A large apartment in Accra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Opokuya want the car today?

2. Why are Esi and Opokuya still talking even though it's getting late?

3. Who is Mma. Danjuma?

4. What does Oko still blame himself for over a year after Esi leaves him?

5. Where do Esi and Opokuya both live?

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