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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 Oshia tell Nnu Ego about Adaku which worries her enough to take him to a medicine man?
(a) He thinks Adaku has been poisoning their food.
(b) He has dreams of Adaku pushing him into a ditch.
(c) He has heard Adaku planning to run away with Dumbi.
(d) He believes Adaku is trying to convince Nnaife to divorce Nnu Ego.

2. What does Adaku say about her daughters when she comes to say farewell to Oshia, which impresses Mama Abby?
(a) They each have two sons.
(b) They married wealthy men.
(c) They go to a convent school.
(d) They make a lot of money in the market.

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

4. Why does a woman slap Nnu Ego by the bridge at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) She believes Nnu Ego is cursed.
(b) She believes Nnu Ego stole something from her.
(c) She says Nnu Ego is disgracing the man who paid for her.
(d) She says Nnu Ego is shaming all womankind.

5. Which of Nnu Ego's children inform her that she has received a letter in Chapter 15?
(a) Kehinde.
(b) Adim.
(c) Taiwo.
(d) Oshia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nnu Ego often think of as the ideal man after she marries Nnaife?

2. What does Nnaife say when he has been home for three months and Nnu Ego suggests he finds work?

3. What do Nnu Ego and Nnaife plan as soon as Nnaife returned from the Fernando Po?

4. Why does Nnaife smash his guitar in Chapter 11?

5. What does Nnu Ego spend her money on when she hears the war is over?

(see the answer key)

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