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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oko still blame himself for over a year after Esi leaves him?
(a) Wanting to control Esi too much.
(b) Not listening more to Esi.
(c) Staying in bed too long on the morning he rapes Esi.
(d) He blames himself for nothing.

2. What does Esi's grandmother say about feeling grateful to a man?
(a) It degrades the woman.
(b) It's enough of a reason to marry him.
(c) It creates a trap which is hard to escape.
(d) It creates imbalance in a marriage.

3. What does Fusena ask Allah after Ali tells her his plans?
(a) To smite Ali.
(b) To let Fusena die.
(c) What she is supposed to say or do.
(d) To make the second wife someone Fusena will like.

4. Who does Opokuya think has to be a fool in a marriage?
(a) The woman.
(b) The role rotates between the woman and man.
(c) No one.
(d) The man.

5. Why does Ali Kondey come into the hotel?
(a) To find Esi.
(b) To meet his son.
(c) For a business meeting with a client.
(d) To meet his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Opokuya say society has no patience?

2. Where is Esi driving at the opening of the novel?

3. How does the man who offers to help Esi appear?

4. Where do Ali and Fusena teach after graduation?

5. What has Ali always trained himself not to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Oko feel about the end of his marriage a year or so later?

2. Why is Esi hesitant to tell Opokuya what Esi is going through?

3. What does Oko do when he receives Esi's request for a divorce?

4. What is Ali's attitude towards Esi before she is divorced?

5. What is Ali's educational background?

6. What does Opokuya say about single women in Ghana?

7. What happens when Esi arrives at the offices of Linga Hideaways that dampens her anger?

8. What do both families insist happen before Ali leave for England?

9. What does Opokuya think Esi should have done differently in Esi's marriage; yet how does she acknowledge her advice is not fair?

10. How does Fusena feel when she becomes pregnant with her second child?

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