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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Nnu Ego buy cigarettes from at cheap prices in order to resell at the market?
(a) Railway workers.
(b) Dockworkers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Soldiers.

3. Who takes Oshia on a trip to the island when he recovers from his illness in Chapter 9?
(a) Mama Abby.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Ato.
(d) Iyawo.

4. What is the only thing Nnu Ego is able to afford to feed Oshia after her second child is born?
(a) Yams.
(b) Bushmeat.
(c) Garri.
(d) Jollof.

5. Why is Nnu Ego against Nnaife's suggestion that he find work in the army?
(a) She does not want him to be gone for a long time.
(b) It is Ibuza tradition that a woman does not sleep with a soldier.
(c) She is against the war.
(d) She fears he will die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Agbadi receive from Nnu Ego's husband's family when she is found to be a virgin?

2. Why do Nnu Ego and Oshia have to leave their hut while Nnaife is away on the Ferndano Po?

3. What do Nnaife and Oshia find in the master's house, which Nnu Ego worries will distract Nnaife from finding a job?

4. What is Nnu Ego's first son's name?

5. How old is Nnu Ego at the start of Chapter 3 when Idayi tells Agbadi she must marry?

(see the answer key)

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