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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Obi Umanna not want Ona to marry any man?
(a) He was in love with her.
(b) He wanted her to take care of him.
(c) He never wanted her to have to stoop to any man.
(d) He did not think anyone was good enough for her.

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

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

4. What does Nnu Ego think of her new husband when she first meets him?
(a) She cannot believe how unattractive he is.
(b) She cannot believe how refined he is.
(c) She cannot believe how kind he is.
(d) She cannot believe how strong he is.

5. Which women sit in front of Nnu Ego's hut laughing when she returns from the marina with her baby?
(a) Cordelia and Ato.
(b) Nnu Ego's sisters.
(c) Mama Abby and Iyawo.
(d) Adankwu and Adaku.

6. How is Nwokocha Agbadi described at the start of Chapter 2?
(a) Tall, handsome and wealthy.
(b) Funny, but not very intelligent.
(c) Short, stout and poor.
(d) Quiet and weak.

7. How old is Nnu Ego at the start of Chapter 3 when Idayi tells Agbadi she must marry?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

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

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

10. What does Nnu Ego's first husband catch her doing while his second wife is giving birth to her second child?
(a) Crying.
(b) Trying to run away.
(c) Breastfeeding his oldest son.
(d) Visiting a dibia.

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

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

13. Why is Nnu Ego against Nnaife's suggestion that he find work in the army?
(a) She fears he will die.
(b) She is against the war.
(c) It is Ibuza tradition that a woman does not sleep with a soldier.
(d) She does not want him to be gone for a long time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nnu Ego do with her first husband while his second wife is giving birth in Chapter 3?

2. What does ona mean?

3. What year is it at the start of Chapter 1, "The Mother"?

4. What does Nnaife tell Nnu Ego he will do if she mentions her first husband in his presence again in Chapter 4?

5. Where does Nnu Ego move to to start her life with a new husband?

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