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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nnu Ego's brother-in-law suspect about Nnu Ego before he goes back to Ibuza?
(a) He suspects she is infertile.
(b) He suspects she is falling in love with Nnaife.
(c) He suspects she will move back to Ibuza.
(d) He suspects she is pregnant.

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

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

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

5. What does Nnaife do for Dr. and Mrs. Meers?
(a) He cleans their house.
(b) He cares for their garden.
(c) He takes care of their laundry.
(d) He cooks for them.

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

7. Who does Nnu Ego agree to marry at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Ngozi Owulum.
(b) Nnaife Owulum.
(c) Idayi Obani.
(d) Amatokwu Nwakusor.

8. What agreement do Ona and Agbadi make regarding the child she is carrying?
(a) She will marry him so they can raise the child together.
(b) If it is a girl Agbadi can have her, if it is a boy, he will belong to her father.
(c) Agbadi agrees he will leave Ona and her child alone.
(d) Ona says she will bring the child to visit as long as they never tell that Agbadi is the father.

9. What does Mrs. Meers tell Nnaife at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) She tells Nnaife he is fired.
(b) She and Dr. Meers are getting a divorce.
(c) She and Dr. Meers are moving back to England.
(d) She tells Nnaife she does not like his wife.

10. 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) Find a better wife.
(d) Kill Nnu Ego.

11. Who does Nnu Ego often think of as the ideal man after she marries Nnaife?
(a) Nnaife's brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Ubani.
(d) Amatokwu.

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

13. 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) It is her fault her child died.
(d) She is not made for motherhood.

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

15. Why does Nnu Ego run away from her home at the end of Chapter 4 after having her first child?
(a) She finds motherhood too challenging.
(b) Her son has died.
(c) Nnaife is drinking too much.
(d) Nnaife beat her badly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nnu Ego's first husband catch her doing while his second wife is giving birth to her second child?

2. Why does a woman slap Nnu Ego by the bridge at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does Mrs. Meers give to Nnaife and Nnu Ego before she leaves?

4. Where was Nnu Ego born?

5. What does Nnu Ego think of her new husband when she first meets him?

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