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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. About what is Oko embarrassed?
(a) That Ogyaanowa has no siblings.
(b) That he forced his wife to have sex.
(c) That Esi is seeing another man.
(d) That Esi left him for her career.

2. What kind of school does Mma. Danjuma want Ali to attend?
(a) A Koranic school.
(b) Proper French school.
(c) A Christian school.
(d) A boarding school.

3. How does Ali feel about his father?
(a) Ali loves him.
(b) Ali is afraid of him.
(c) Ali never met him.
(d) Ali thinks he is too old fashioned.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Esi and Opokuya still talking even though it's getting late?

2. What does Esi tell the man she is doing?

3. Who greets Esi at Hotel Twentieth Century?

4. What was a major reason Oko was first attracted to Esi?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that pushes Esi over the edge and makes her decide to leave Oko?

2. What does Opokuya realize as she is riding home with Kubi?

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

4. About what do Kubi and Opokuya argue most workday mornings?

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

6. How does Ali feel about his father and how is he different from his father?

7. What happens on the morning when Opokuya loses the use of the car and what happens this morning?

8. Where does Ogyaanowa end up staying for the summer and then longer?

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

10. Why is it important that Esi find a sympathetic ear in Opokuya?

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