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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 Nnu Ego spend her money on when she hears the war is over?
(a) Two kegs of palm wine.
(b) Oshia's final semesters of school.
(c) A new stall at the market.
(d) A dozen cartons of cigarettes to sell.

2. What does Adankwu do when Nnaife tells her Nnu Ego needs help at home?
(a) She agrees to come with him to Lagos.
(b) She gives him money to pay for a housemaid.
(c) She sends him home with a 16-year-old wife.
(d) She sends her daughters to Lagos to help.

3. Who do Nnu Ego and Adaku run to when Nnaife does not return home from work in Chapter 11?
(a) Agbadi and Idayo.
(b) Ubani and Nwakusor.
(c) Mama Abby and Iyawo.
(d) Oshia and Adim.

4. What does Nwakusor's wife Ato do to earn money?
(a) She mends clothing.
(b) She sells firewood.
(c) She sells cigarettes.
(d) She sells fish at the market.

5. Where does Ubani help Nnaife find work in Chapter 10 and what work does he get?
(a) Nnaife gets work at the market selling fish.
(b) Nnaife gets work at a British estate cleaning sheets.
(c) Nnaife gets work at the railways cutting grass.
(d) Nnaife gets work as a soldier fighting the Germans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nnaife move his family when prices in Lagos become too high?

2. What does Adaku say about her daughters when she comes to say farewell to Oshia, which impresses Mama Abby?

3. What does Nnu Ego believe her father would tell her if she complained of Nnaife's second wife?

4. Why is Adaku upset at the end of Chapter 11 when she sees the lavish meal Nnu Ego has prepared while Nnaife is at work?

5. How much money had Nnaife tried to send to Nnu Ego while she was away though it did not get to her until after the war?

(see the answer key)

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