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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what do Ali's relatives agree?
(a) Nothing since Ali has not talked to them.
(b) To stay out of Ali's life.
(c) To go to Esi's people.
(d) To talk Fusena into the marriage.

2. What does Esi tell Ali when he visits after not doing so for weeks?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she wants to live with him and Fusena.
(c) That she misses him.
(d) They do not have a marriage.

3. Who calls Esi at the Dakwas?
(a) Esi's mother.
(b) Fusena.
(c) Oko.
(d) Ali.

4. What does Ali say when Fusena asks if Esi is Muslim?
(a) Yes.
(b) She is willing to convert.
(c) She will learn about Islam and allow her children to be raised Muslim but she will not convert.
(d) No.

5. What does Ali give Esi?
(a) A gold ring.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A pair of diamond earrings.

6. What are Ama and Aba doing at the opening of this section?
(a) Preparing for Esi's wedding.
(b) Talking about Ali.
(c) Preparing for Oko's wedding.
(d) Discussing why men leave women.

7. What shocks Ali's female relatives?
(a) That Fusena is divorcing Ali.
(b) That their educated daughters are not any better off than they were.
(c) That Esi will not live with Ali and Fusena.
(d) That Esi is not Muslim.

8. What wakes Esi from a deep sleep on New Year's Day?
(a) A phone call from Ogyaanowa.
(b) A phone call from Ali.
(c) A phone call from Oko.
(d) A horn from a car.

9. Why does Esi feel rejected?
(a) Ogyaanowa is happy to leave with her father.
(b) Ali does not want her to come to the home he shares with Fusena.
(c) Ali says he will not visit her for a while at her house.
(d) Opokuya suggests it's time for Esi to go home.

10. What is the other think Esi's father asks Ali?
(a) If Ali can afford more than 2 wives.
(b) Why he has brought an employee and not family to meet with Esi's family.
(c) Why he thinks he needs two wives.
(d) If Ali plans to have more than two wives.

11. What does Esi propose she and Ali do as far as her family?
(a) Pretend Esi is not involved with Ali.
(b) Let them know about the marriage after the fact.
(c) Ignore their misgivings.
(d) Go visit them.

12. What does Esi say about monogamy?
(a) It is old fashioned.
(b) It is good if there are children.
(c) It is stifling.
(d) It is honorable.

13. What does Esi ask Opokuya concerning Oko?
(a) If Oko seems to miss her.
(b) If Oko has remarried.
(c) If Opokuya thinks Esi should have stayed married to Oko.
(d) If Oko is well.

14. What does Ali bring Esi?
(a) A writ of divorce.
(b) A request from Fusena that Esi divorce Ali.
(c) A request from Fusena that Esi move in with them.
(d) Extravagant gifts.

15. For what does Esi feel guilty?
(a) For not being more understanding of Ali.
(b) For sharing her doubts about Ali with Opokuya.
(c) For sharing her doubts about Ali with her mother.
(d) sharing her doubts about Ali with Ogyaanowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Opokuya wonder concerning Esi and Fusena?

2. What does Ali do but is unable to keep up?

3. After Bamako, how is Esi feeling about her marriage?

4. What does Ali do traditionally on New Year's Eve?

5. What does Esi say her mother does not like about Esi and Ali's possible marriage?

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