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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. How does Adaku reassure Nnu Ego after she gave birth to twin girls and worries Nnaife will be upset?
(a) She tells Nnu Ego they will bring a good bride price some day.
(b) She tells Nnu Ego she can sell the girls as servants some day.
(c) She tells Nnu Ego Nnaife does not care whether he has sons or daughters.
(d) She tells Nnu Ego they will care for her when she is old.

2. What is the meaning of Nnu Ego and Nnaife's son's name?
(a) The bush has refused this.
(b) Educated one.
(c) Protected by God.
(d) Eldest child.

3. Why does Agbadi send Nnu Ego's childhood friend Ato to Lagos after her son's death?
(a) He sends Ato to tell Nnu Ego to stop mourning her loss.
(b) He sends Ato to find Nnu Ego a new husband.
(c) He sends Ato to bring Nnu Ego tea that will help her get pregnant again.
(d) He sends Ato to beg Nnu Ego to return home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nwakusor have a new appreciation for life at the start of Chapter 5?

2. Why does Ubani want to ensure nobody else finds out about Nnu Ego and Nnaife's dead child?

3. How does Nnu Ego feel when she sees her dead child?

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

5. Which of Nnu Ego's children inform her that she has received a letter in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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