View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oko buy thinking it will be good for Esi and Ogyaanowa?
(a) A new car.
(b) A large apartment in Accra.
(c) A bungalow in the country.
(d) A boat.

2. Where do Esi and Opokuya both live?
(a) They do not live in the same town.
(b) Accra.
(c) Kumasi.
(d) Tema.

3. What does Esi realize she has endured when she gets to her office?
(a) Too many years of silence from Oko.
(b) Several pregnancies.
(c) Marital rape.
(d) Sexism at work.

4. Who is Connie?
(a) Opokuya's sister.
(b) Kubi's sister.
(c) Kubi's aunt.
(d) Opokuya's mother.

5. What is there little of between Oko and Esi lately?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Communication.
(c) Sex.
(d) Kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ali going to be away from Fusena for a long time?

2. Who greets Esi at Hotel Twentieth Century?

3. What does Esi decide to do while waiting for her friend to arrive?

4. Why does Opokuya say Esi cannot have it all?

5. At whom is Esi angry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Esi angry with herself?

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

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

6. What are each person's reasons for wanting the car this particular morning?

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

8. What does Oko think as he watches Esi dress?

9. Who is Opokuya and what is her relationship to Esi?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 758 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample