2. What does Esi decide to do while waiting for her friend to arrive?
(a) Read the newspaper.
(b) Call her daughter.
(c) Have a beer.
(d) Write up a proposal.

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

4. What does Esi tell the man she is doing?
(a) Writing a government grant proposal.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Checking on travel arrangements.
(d) Calling for a substitute secretary.

5. What does Musa's father always do at any new place with Musa Musa?
(a) Teaches him how to sell to the new villagers.
(b) Shows him the land Musa was going to own.
(c) Finds him a philosophy tutor.
(d) Places him in a Koranic school.

6. Who do the two women think the best husband is?
(a) Their own, though they have faults.
(b) The one someone else is living with.
(c) A mutual friend of theirs from high school.
(d) None.

7. Who is Musa Kondey?
(a) A rich, minor prince.
(b) A photographer.
(c) Ali's father.
(d) Ali's uncle.

8. What happens soon after Ali is born?
(a) His grandmother dies.
(b) His sister dies.
(c) His father is killed.
(d) His mother dies.

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

10. How does Oko's family feel about Esi?
(a) They adore her.
(b) They do not understand her but love her.
(c) They hate her.
(d) They disapprove of her but love her.

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

12. With what does Opokuya say society has no patience?
(a) Single women.
(b) Divorced men.
(c) Men who cheat.
(d) Women who want their own life even if they are married.

13. What makes Opokuya and Esi's friendship hard to believe?
(a) One is Jewish and the other Muslim.
(b) They are so different from each other.
(c) One is Muslim and one is Christian.
(d) They hated each other when they were children.

14. What does Esi think about marrying again?
(a) She would like to if for not other reason than for her daughter's sake.
(b) She would like to if the right man comes along.
(c) She does not want a man oppressing her all the time.
(d) She doesn't really think about it yet.

15. What does Esi confide to Opokuya?
(a) That she is changing jobs.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she is ill.
(d) That she has left Oko.