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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nnaife say he is going to do the next day following his fight with Oshia?
(a) Find a new wife who will bring him a good son.
(b) Quit work and return to Ibuza.
(c) Stop Oshia from flying to the United States.
(d) Stop paying Adim's tuition so he does not end up like Oshia.

2. Which women sit in front of Nnu Ego's hut laughing when she returns from the marina with her baby?
(a) Cordelia and Ato.
(b) Mama Abby and Iyawo.
(c) Nnu Ego's sisters.
(d) Adankwu and Adaku.

3. What does Nwakusor tell Nnu Ego when he finds her by the bridge in Chapter 5?
(a) She is shaming her community.
(b) She is tarnishing the Ibuza reputation.
(c) She is shaming her womanhood and motherhood.
(d) She is disgracing the man who paid for her.

4. How long is Nnu Ego in Ibuza when Adankwo tells Nnu Ego she should return to Lagos?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. What has changed in Lagos when Nnu Ego finally returns from Ibuza?
(a) All of Nnu Ego's neighbors have moved.
(b) Their house has been taken by soldiers.
(c) Everything is more expensive.
(d) The weather has become hotter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Adaku that makes her severely depressed in Chapter 11?

2. What does Ona make Agbadi promise as she lay dying at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What does Nnu Ego's chi tell her in a dream in Chapter 7?

4. What do some believe is the cause of Agunwa's illness in Chapter 2 when Agbadi is still healing?

5. Why does Nnu Ego's son still not have a name when he is six weeks old?

(see the answer key)

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