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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens one day as Ali is pulling away from Esi's house?
(a) Opokuya pulls in.
(b) He hits a bicyclist.
(c) He smashes into Esi's car.
(d) He slumps over the wheel.

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

3. Who begins banging on Esi's door?
(a) Fusena.
(b) No one.
(c) Ogyaanowa.
(d) Oko.

4. What does Esi not want to remember?
(a) That she was ungrateful to Ali when he brought the car.
(b) That she has not seen Ali for weeks until he brings her the car.
(c) That she has not seen Ogyaanowa for three months.
(d) That Ali can have more than two wives.

5. What does Mma. Danjuma know when she sees Esi?
(a) She will never warm to Esi.
(b) She will be good friends with Esi.
(c) Esi is Fusena's superior in every way.
(d) Esi is Fusena's inferior in every way.

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

7. Where does Ali's family live?
(a) Mostly in France.
(b) Up North.
(c) Mostly in England.
(d) Mostly in South Africa.

8. In what shape does Kubi find Oko?
(a) He has a cut lip.
(b) He is despondent.
(c) He has a broken hand.
(d) He is happy that he did not kill Ali.

9. What happens when Opokuya drives off with Esi's old car?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Esi runs out after her.
(c) Esi worries it will break down.
(d) Esi cries.

10. What does Ali seem like the type of man to Esi?
(a) One who does not need someone.
(b) One who does not believe in tradition.
(c) One who is absolutely honest.
(d) One who is rigidly traditional.

11. What is the worst time of the year for Esi?
(a) The end of the year.
(b) The beginning of the school year when she does not have Ogyaanowa.
(c) Ali's birthday.
(d) Her birthday.

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

13. When does Esi get really angry at Ali?
(a) Near the end of their second year of marriage.
(b) After he says he cannot visit her there anymore.
(c) After he says he is marrying his secretary.
(d) Near the end of their third year of marriage.

14. What does Esi see through Ali's gifts?
(a) The world.
(b) His inadequacies as a husband.
(c) That he wants to please her but cannot.
(d) Another kind, caring side to Ali.

15. From where did Ali receive an urgent message?
(a) His mother-in-law.
(b) His office in Abidjan.
(c) His office in London.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Opokuya say Esi is brave?

3. Why would Esi's mother have thought it alright for Oko to take another wife?

4. What does Ali give Esi?

5. What is the other think Esi's father asks Ali?

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