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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Nnu Ego buy cigarettes from at cheap prices in order to resell at the market?
(a) Railway workers.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Dockworkers.

4. What does Ona make Agbadi promise as she lay dying at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) She makes him promise to find Nnu Ego a good husband.
(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 give Nnu Ego a good education.

5. What do some believe is the cause of Agunwa's illness in Chapter 2 when Agbadi is still healing?
(a) Malnutrition.
(b) Worrying over Agbadi's well being.
(c) Hearing Ona and Agbadi having sex.
(d) A difficult pregnancy.

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

7. How does Nnu Ego know Nnaife has returned from the Fernando Po at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) She hears the guitar playing.
(b) Oshia tells her.
(c) Her friends tell her.
(d) She hears his laugh.

8. What does Agbadi send to Nnu Ego to protect her during her second pregnancy?
(a) Charms.
(b) Tea.
(c) Her sister.
(d) An image of her chi.

9. What is the meaning of Nnu Ego and Nnaife's son's name?
(a) Eldest child.
(b) The bush has refused this.
(c) Protected by God.
(d) Educated one.

10. What does Nnu Ego do with her first husband while his second wife is giving birth in Chapter 3?
(a) Nnu Ego and her husband help deliver the baby.
(b) Nnu Ego and her husband try to conceive.
(c) Nnu Ego and her husband harvest yams.
(d) Nnu Ego and her husband sell things at the market.

11. What does Nnu Ego and Nnaife name their second son?
(a) Oshiagu.
(b) Obani.
(c) Adaku.
(d) Ato.

12. What do local Ibuza women teach Nnu Ego to do in their weekly meetings?
(a) They teach her how to sew.
(b) They teach her how to keep her husband happy.
(c) They teach her how to cook.
(d) They teach her how to sell cigarettes.

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

14. What does Cordelia bring to Nnaife after he finds out about his dead son?
(a) A cigarrete.
(b) Stew.
(c) Gin.
(d) Palm wine.

15. Where does Nnaife follow a group of men to when he searches for work after arguing with Nnu Ego?
(a) A golf course.
(b) The market.
(c) A church.
(d) A military base.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nnu Ego's son still not have a name when he is six weeks old?

2. What does ona mean?

3. What does Ato tell Nnu Ego might happen if she continues to look so sad after the loss of her son?

4. Why does Nnaife hold off on looking for a job long after Dr. and Mrs. Meers no longer employ him?

5. Who does Nnu Ego marry at the start of Chapter 3?

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