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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 Nnu Ego's brother-in-law suspect about Nnu Ego before he goes back to Ibuza?
(a) He suspects she is infertile.
(b) He suspects she is pregnant.
(c) He suspects she will move back to Ibuza.
(d) He suspects she is falling in love with Nnaife.

2. What does Mrs. Meers give to Nnaife and Nnu Ego before she leaves?
(a) A set of sheets.
(b) One year's salary.
(c) Old underwear.
(d) A set of dishes.

3. What agreement do Ona and Agbadi make regarding the child she is carrying?
(a) Agbadi agrees he will leave Ona and her child alone.
(b) She will marry him so they can raise the child together.
(c) If it is a girl Agbadi can have her, if it is a boy, he will belong to her father.
(d) Ona says she will bring the child to visit as long as they never tell that Agbadi is the father.

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

5. What does Nnu Ego's first husband catch her doing while his second wife is giving birth to her second child?
(a) Trying to run away.
(b) Visiting a dibia.
(c) Crying.
(d) Breastfeeding his oldest son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nnu Ego planning to do in Chapter 1 to relieve her pain and anger?

2. How does the reader learn Nnu Ego is a recent mother in Chapter 1?

3. What does Mrs. Meers tell Nnaife at the start of Chapter 8?

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

5. How does Nnu Ego know Nnaife has returned from the Fernando Po at the end of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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