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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nnu Ego choose to give birth for the seventh time all alone?
(a) She does not want her daughters to think she is a coward.
(b) She prefers giving birth in silence.
(c) She plans to give the child away.
(d) She does not want to wake anyone up.

2. Why is Oshia upset at the end of Chapter 8 after seeing his friend Folorunsho?
(a) Folorunsho tells Oshia his father died.
(b) Folorunsho kicks him out of his party.
(c) Folorunsho tells Oshia he is moving away.
(d) Folorunsho's parents get into a huge fight in front of the children.

3. How does the reader learn Nnu Ego is a recent mother in Chapter 1?
(a) Her breasts ache from producing milk.
(b) She is carrying a newborn with her.
(c) She is at her baby's christening.
(d) She is with a midwife and her newborn.

4. What does Ato tell Nnu Ego might happen if she continues to look so sad after the loss of her son?
(a) Nnaife will no longer want to mate with her.
(b) She will become ugly.
(c) People will think madness runs in her family and nobody will marry her sisters.
(d) She will become infertile.

5. 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?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He is robbed.
(c) He is beaten.
(d) He is given a medical exam.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nnaife begins earning money in Chapter 19 what does he feel he can afford to do?

2. What does Nnu Ego believe her father would tell her if she complained of Nnaife's second wife?

3. What agreement do Ona and Agbadi make regarding the child she is carrying?

4. What does Agbadi tell Nnu Ego's husband might be the reason she is struggling to conceive?

5. Where was Nnu Ego born?

(see the answer key)

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