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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 14 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ubani want to ensure nobody else finds out about Nnu Ego and Nnaife's dead child?
(a) Nnu Ego will be arrested.
(b) It is illegal for someone to die in their home.
(c) Nnaife will kill Nnu Ego.
(d) It will bring shame to the Ibuza people.

2. Why do Nnu Ego and Oshia have to leave their hut while Nnaife is away on the Ferndano Po?
(a) The hut is too small for their growing family.
(b) It burned down.
(c) The rent becomes too high.
(d) British soldiers kick them out.

3. How does Adaku reassure Nnu Ego after she gave birth to twin girls and worries Nnaife will be upset?
(a) She tells Nnu Ego she can sell the girls as servants some day.
(b) She tells Nnu Ego they will care for her when she is old.
(c) She tells Nnu Ego Nnaife does not care whether he has sons or daughters.
(d) She tells Nnu Ego they will bring a good bride price some day.

4. What does the oracle tell Agbadi about Nnu Ego's second pregnancy?
(a) She will have a daughter that will bring the family great wealth.
(b) She will have another child that will die in the first few weeks.
(c) She will die during childbirth.
(d) She will have a son who will go far in modern learning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the first things that happens to Nnaife the day he is taken and brought to an open field at the start of Chapter 12?

2. Why is Nnu Ego against Nnaife's suggestion that he find work in the army?

3. Why does Nwakusor have a new appreciation for life at the start of Chapter 5?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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