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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nnaife doing while Nnu Ego gives birth to her first child?
(a) Traveling.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Working.
(d) Holding her hand.

2. What does Agbadi tell Nnu Ego when she tells him her husband's wife had a son?
(a) He tells her she can always come home.
(b) He tells her she must be cursed.
(c) He tells her she must conceive soon.
(d) He tells her to be patient with herself.

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

4. Who does Nnu Ego plan to ask why she has punished her in Chapter 1?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her chi.
(d) Her sister.

5. What does ona mean?
(a) Annoying Pest.
(b) Priceless jewel.
(c) Gracious mother.
(d) Beautiful Woman.

6. Who do the dibia Nnu Ego's sees fault with her inability to conceive?
(a) Nnu Ego.
(b) Her chi.
(c) Ona.
(d) Amatokwu.

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

8. What does Nnu Ego's chi tell her in a dream in Chapter 7?
(a) She will never have another child.
(b) She will have all the dirty chubby babies she wants.
(c) She is not made for motherhood.
(d) It is her fault her child died.

9. What does Nnaife tell Nnu Ego he will do if she mentions her first husband in his presence again in Chapter 4?
(a) He will give her the worst beating of her life.
(b) He will never speak to her again.
(c) He will find a second wife.
(d) He will send her back to Ibuza.

10. What does Nwakusor find Nnu Ego trying to do when he is heading home from work in Chapter 5?
(a) Run back to Ibuza.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Steal from a beggar.
(d) Steal someone's child.

11. What do Nnaife and Oshia find in the master's house, which Nnu Ego worries will distract Nnaife from finding a job?
(a) A chess set.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A piano.
(d) A bible.

12. Why does a woman slap Nnu Ego by the bridge at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) She says Nnu Ego is shaming all womankind.
(b) She believes Nnu Ego stole something from her.
(c) She believes Nnu Ego is cursed.
(d) She says Nnu Ego is disgracing the man who paid for her.

13. Where does Ubani find work after the Meers have gone?
(a) The market.
(b) The army.
(c) Another doctor's house.
(d) The railways.

14. What does Ubani tell Nnaife he must do after Nnaife finds out his son has died?
(a) Find Nnu Ego and get her pregnant again.
(b) Send Nnu Ego back to Ibuza.
(c) Kill Nnu Ego.
(d) Find a better wife.

15. What does Nnu Ego believe about her chi?
(a) She is her wicked grandmother.
(b) She is made up by her family.
(c) She is her protecter.
(d) She was a slave woman forced into a grave with her master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nwakusor do for work?

2. What does Agbadi send to Nnu Ego to protect her during her second pregnancy?

3. Why does Agbadi send Nnu Ego's childhood friend Ato to Lagos after her son's death?

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

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

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