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

2. What makes Opokuya and Esi's friendship hard to believe?
(a) They hated each other when they were children.
(b) One is Muslim and one is Christian.
(c) They are so different from each other.
(d) One is Jewish and the other Muslim.

3. Why does Opokuya want the car today?
(a) To shop for school clothes for the children.
(b) To visit Kubi's sister.
(c) To visit her grandmother.
(d) To go to a meeting in a nearby town.

4. At whom is Esi angry?
(a) Oko.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Ali.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Esi say her marriage fails?

3. Where is Ogyaanowa staying until school starts?.

4. How does Oko's mother act to Esi when Esi and Oko's marriage ends?

5. Where does Opokuya live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Ali's father?

4. Why is Esi angry with herself?

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

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

9. What is Ali's educational background?

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

(see the answer keys)

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