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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kweku say when he knocks on Opokuya's bedroom door?
(a) That the beans have burned rather badly.
(b) That Kubi is mad that Opokuya is not in the kitchen.
(c) That Esi and Ogyaanowa are there.
(d) That the potatoes are boiling over.

2. What does Esi notice in Ali's voice when she phones him?
(a) Love.
(b) Anger.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Impatience and tiredness.

3. What is Esi eventually feeling?
(a) Neglected.
(b) Unfulfilled.
(c) Lonely and missing Ali.
(d) Gracious towards Fusena.

4. What happens when Opokuya's two eldest children are left in charge of cooking for the holiday?
(a) They cook an incredible amount of delicious food.
(b) They refuse to do much.
(c) They constantly interrupt Opokuya with questions.
(d) It does not go well.

5. What does Ali think of as home?
(a) His office.
(b) His house with Fusena.
(c) No where.
(d) His childhood home with his aunt.

6. What does Esi find unacceptable about Ali's new secretary?
(a) Ali takes her to her home every day.
(b) She always sides with Fusena.
(c) She does not acknowledge Esi as Ali's wife.
(d) She is single.

7. What does Ali continually do to Esi?
(a) Tells her he's coming and then not show up.
(b) Makes her feel like a second wife.
(c) Puts her down.
(d) Makes excuses about why he cannot visit her.

8. Against what does Ali advise Esi?
(a) Pressing legal charges against Oko.
(b) Returning home for a few days.
(c) Telling Esi's mother about the incident between Ali and Oko.
(d) Letting Ogyaanowa go off with Oko right now.

9. What does Esi realize about her job?
(a) She hates it.
(b) It has endless possibilities.
(c) She likes it.
(d) It is a dead end.

10. Why would Esi's mother have thought it alright for Oko to take another wife?
(a) The other wife could bear all the children.
(b) Her mother was opposed to Oko taking another wife also.
(c) Oko wouldn't then rape Esi if she did not want sex.
(d) Esi would have been the senior wife.

11. After Bamako, how is Esi feeling about her marriage?
(a) She is sorry she marries Ali.
(b) She feels more like Ali's wife.
(c) She is disappointed in Ali's family's reception of her.
(d) She is happy Ali is not around much.

12. What does Ali say when Esi asks him if he has talked to Fusena about Esi?
(a) That Fusena would welcome another wife.
(b) That Fusena does not want to share Ali.
(c) That Fusena wants a divorce.
(d) That Fusena was happy to be forewarned.

13. What does Esi wonder about concerning children?
(a) She wonders if children would strengthen or weaken her marriage with Ali.
(b) She wonders if Ali is going to make her have children.
(c) How they will have any if Ali is never there.
(d) She wonders if Ali will allow her to have children.

14. Why does Ali worry about support from his family for his second marriage?
(a) They believe Esi comes from a much lower social class.
(b) They think Esi is too educated.
(c) They all adore Fusena.
(d) They think Esi is too old to have more children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esi do when she hears Ogyaanowa cry?

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

3. Why does Ali feel guilty at the beginning of Chapter 15?

4. What does Musa Musa do after Ali mollifies him?

5. When does Esi get really angry at Ali?

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