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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 7 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agbadi tell Nnu Ego's husband might be the reason she is struggling to conceive?
(a) She is not eating well enough.
(b) She is too anxious.
(c) Her mother has cursed her. A
(d) Her chi has cursed her.

2. Who is the author of The Joys of Motherhood?
(a) Chimamanda Adichie.
(b) Chinua Achebe.
(c) Buchi Emecheta.
(d) Thiong'o Ngui.

3. Why does a blind beggar curse Nnu Ego as she runs in the Oyingbo market in Chapter 1?
(a) She bumps into him and he thinks she is trying to rob him.
(b) He does not think a woman should be out alone.
(c) Nnu Ego tries to steal from the man.
(d) She yells at him to get out of her way.

4. What does Nwakusor do for work?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a servant.
(c) He is a cook.
(d) He is a dockworker.

5. What does Agbadi tell Nnu Ego when she tells him her husband's wife had a son?
(a) He tells her she can always come home.
(b) He tells her to be patient with herself.
(c) He tells her she must conceive soon.
(d) He tells her she must be cursed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nwakusor's wife Ato do to earn money?

2. Why did Obi Umanna not want Ona to marry any man?

3. What is the meaning of Nnu Ego and Nnaife's son's name?

4. Who does Nnu Ego plan to ask why she has punished her in Chapter 1?

5. What does Nnu Ego's brother-in-law suspect about Nnu Ego before he goes back to Ibuza?

(see the answer key)

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