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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adaku say about her daughters when she comes to say farewell to Oshia, which impresses Mama Abby?
(a) They make a lot of money in the market.
(b) They married wealthy men.
(c) They each have two sons.
(d) They go to a convent school.

2. What does Nnaife begin to do more and more after Oshia has gone to the U.S.?
(a) Play music.
(b) Work.
(c) Drink palm wine.
(d) Smoke cigarettes.

3. What does Ona make Agbadi promise as she lay dying at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) She makes him promise to give Nnu Ego a good education.
(b) She makes him promise to never let Nnu Ego leave Ibuza.
(c) She makes him promise to allow Nnu Ego to marry the man of her choosing.
(d) She makes him promise to find Nnu Ego a good husband.

4. Who tells Oshia his mother has just given birth at the start of Chapter 9?
(a) Iyawo.
(b) Mama Abby.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Ato.

5. What does Nnaife's attorney try to highlight about Nnaife during his trial?
(a) That the butcher's son stole Nnaife's daughter.
(b) That Nnaife fought for England.
(c) That Nnaife has sacrificed to educate his sons and one now studies in the U.S.
(d) That Nnaife has PTSD from the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nnaife grab before running off to the butcher's house to get his daughter?

2. What does Taiwo's husband Magnus ask Nnu Ego to do before she leaves?

3. What does Dr. Meers call Nnaife, which angers his wife, though Nnaife does not understand the meaning of the word?

4. Why does Nnu Ego feel inadequate around Nnaife's new wife he inherited from his brother?

5. Why is Oshia upset at the end of Chapter 8 after seeing his friend Folorunsho?

(see the answer key)

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