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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 language does John speak to Ijeoma that she can eventually understand?
(a) Swahili.
(b) French.
(c) Igbo.
(d) English.

2. What had Uzodi's family hoped for him before he became "osu"?
(a) That he might be a lawyer.
(b) That he might be a banker.
(c) That he might be chief.
(d) That he might be a professor.

3. Where is the diary entry writer writing from in Part III?
(a) Amalike.
(b) Ichulu.
(c) Rizulu.
(d) Chinekwe.

4. What does Ijeoma turn out to be very good at learning?
(a) English reading and writing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Dancing.

5. Who becomes pregnant in Part III, seemingly miraculously?
(a) Faroon.
(b) Ngozi.
(c) Riki.
(d) Helena.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the pastor call Ijeoma when he first meets her?

2. Whose hand does Phyllipa slap during class in Part IV?

3. What do the attendants all do to Ijeoma at the ministry?

4. Who passes a message from Ikemba to Ijeoma in Part IV?

5. Which friend of Uzodi's is quite bitter and angry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ikemba's plan foiled?

2. Why does Phyllipa begin to form an attachment to Ijeoma in Part IV?

3. Who does Ijeoma repeatedly appeal to and pray to in her diary?

4. How does Ijeoma begin to feel about Ikemba in Part IV?

5. What plan do Ijeoma and Chinwe hatch in secret in Part III?

6. How does Nwosu punish the children who tried escaping?

7. What does Ijeoma think of Phyllipa Nwosu?

8. In Part III, what physical and emotional milestone does Ijeoma experience?

9. What story does Uzodi captivate the children with in Part III?

10. What does Nnenna say to Ofodile about his behavior towards Ijeoma in Part III?

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