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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 Esi tell Ali when he visits after not doing so for weeks?
(a) That she misses him.
(b) That she wants to live with him and Fusena.
(c) They do not have a marriage.
(d) That she is pregnant.

2. When does Esi want to wait to wear Ali's gift?
(a) After the actual marriage.
(b) After the negotiations.
(c) Till her birthday.
(d) Until they to to visit her family.

3. After Bamako, how is Esi feeling about her marriage?
(a) She is happy Ali is not around much.
(b) She is sorry she marries Ali.
(c) She is disappointed in Ali's family's reception of her.
(d) She feels more like Ali's wife.

4. What does Ali tell Esi is the reason he has to go by his office nightly?
(a) He has to sign all the paperwork generated during the day.
(b) He has to check for messages from his son who is in the United States.
(c) He has to check to see that the safe has been properly locked.
(d) He cannot tell her the reason.

5. Why does Ali worry about support from his family for his second marriage?
(a) They all adore Fusena.
(b) They think Esi is too educated.
(c) They believe Esi comes from a much lower social class.
(d) They think Esi is too old to have more children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Esi at the Dakwas?

2. From where did Ali receive an urgent message?

3. What does Ali say when Esi asks him if he has talked to Fusena about Esi?

4. In what shape does Kubi find Oko?

5. What traditional rule has been already broken concerning Ali and Esi according to Opokuya?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Esi finally make a break with Ali near the end of their third year of marriage?

2. What does Opokuya wonder about Fusena, Ali's first wife?

3. What does Esi feel after leaving Opokuya's home?

4. What does Ali propose to Esi and what is her response?

5. How is Esi feeling after a year of marriage to Ali?

6. What does Esi find out about Ali's secretary and what does she decide to do?

7. What does Kubi relate when he returns from Esi's home and what do they conclude?

8. Why would it have been different if Oko had taken a second wife?

9. Why is Opokuya feeling sorry for herself and what can she do about it?

10. What indication is there that Ali and Esi are starting to have difficulties in their relationship in Chapter 10?

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