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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 Nnaife do as a result of his resentment at Adaku's success without him?
(a) He marries Adankwu.
(b) He has her arrested.
(c) He forces her to return.
(d) He says terrible things about her to the Ibuza community.

2. Who tells Nnaife about his dead son?
(a) Nnu Ego.
(b) Ubani.
(c) Agbadi.
(d) Cordelia.

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

4. What is Nnu Ego's first son's name?
(a) Nnaife.
(b) Ubani.
(c) Ngozi.
(d) Nwakusor.

5. How do locals feel about Adaku's decision to leave Nnaife and become a prostitute?
(a) Many women admire her and follow suit.
(b) They think she had no choice.
(c) They condemn her.
(d) Women are jealous because their husbands prefer her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Nnu Ego tell Oshia he must learn all he can at school when she has heard the war has been over but has not received word from Nnaife?

5. What does Nwakusor tell Nnu Ego when he finds her by the bridge in Chapter 5?

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