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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. Upon what do Esi and Opokuya agree?
(a) That Esi would do well to stay away from Ali Kondey.
(b) That Kubi is easier to take than Oko.
(c) That men are good most of the time.
(d) That Ali Kondey is handsome.

2. What is the understanding when Ogyaanowa goes to her grandmother's house?
(a) She will return home when school reopens.
(b) She can return home any time.
(c) She will live there until Esi remarries.
(d) She will live there until her father remarries.

3. Who is Kubi?
(a) Opokuya's husband.
(b) The doctor who supervises Opokuya.
(c) A baby Opokuya has just delivered.
(d) Opokuya's oldest son.

4. Who watches Esi dress with pleasure?
(a) Ohyaanowa.
(b) Esi herself in the mirror.
(c) Oko.
(d) No one.

5. What was a major reason Oko was first attracted to Esi?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her wit.
(c) Her good job.
(d) Her air of independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has Opokuya been a midwife?

2. What kind of school does Mma. Danjuma want Ali to attend?

3. Who is Connie?

4. What is there little of between Oko and Esi lately?

5. What does Esi's grandmother say about feeling grateful to a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Esi say is the cause of the failure of her marriage?

2. Why is Esi angry with herself?

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

4. Who is Ali's father?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the narrator say about Ali Kondey at the opening of this chapter.

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