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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adaku suggest she and Nnu Ego do to retaliate against Nnaife for not giving them enough housekeeping money?
(a) Adaku suggests they leave him.
(b) Adaku suggests they stop cooking.
(c) Adaku suggests they do not speak to him.
(d) Adaku suggests they withhold sex.

2. How does Nnu Ego feel when she sees her dead child?
(a) Relieved that the child was a girl.
(b) Disappointed at the bride price she lost.
(c) Distraught knowing how sad Nnaife will feel.
(d) Relieved that she does not have to find a way to feed another child.

3. What bad news does Ubani and Nwakusor break to Nnaife in Chapter 10?
(a) His youngest sister has died.
(b) His mother has died.
(c) His father has died.
(d) His oldest brother has died.

4. Why does Nnu Ego struggle to sleep the first night Adaku spends in their hut?
(a) She can hear Adaku and Nnaife making love all night.
(b) She stays up cleaning so Nnaife will appreciate her.
(c) She does not trust Adaku and thinks she will steal from them.
(d) Her baby is up all night sick.

5. Which of Nnaife's wives comes to live with them in Lago?
(a) Adaku.
(b) Adanku.
(c) Dumbi.
(d) Atanku.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nnu Ego appreciate having Okpa in her family?

2. When Nnaife begins earning money in Chapter 19 what does he feel he can afford to do?

3. What does Nwakusor find Nnu Ego trying to do when he is heading home from work in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Nnu Ego choose to give birth for the seventh time all alone?

5. What does Nnaife do as a result of his resentment at Adaku's success without him?

(see the answer key)

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