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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Nnu Ego and Nnaife plan as soon as Nnaife returned from the Fernando Po?
(a) Their baby's naming ceremony.
(b) Buying a new house.
(c) Conceiving another child.
(d) A trip to Ibuza.

2. How do locals feel about Adaku's decision to leave Nnaife and become a prostitute?
(a) Women are jealous because their husbands prefer her.
(b) They think she had no choice.
(c) They condemn her.
(d) Many women admire her and follow suit.

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

4. Who sobs as Nnaife is taken away in a police van after the incident at the Yoruba home?
(a) Okpo and Adim.
(b) Kehende and Aremu.
(c) Okpo and Nnu Ego.
(d) Taiwo and Adim.

5. What does Adaku suggest she and Nnu Ego do to retaliate against Nnaife for not giving them enough housekeeping money?
(a) Adaku suggests they do not speak to him.
(b) Adaku suggests they stop cooking.
(c) Adaku suggests they withhold sex.
(d) Adaku suggests they leave him.

6. Who is Okpo?
(a) Nnu Ego's closest friend and neighbor.
(b) Nnaife's new young wife.
(c) Nnu Ego and Nnaife's daughter.
(d) Oshia's teacher.

7. What are some things Nnu Ego's family no longer has after leaving Lagos?
(a) Friends and neighbors.
(b) Easy access to a medicine man or fresh water.
(c) Access to education or fresh vegetables.
(d) Running water and electricity.

8. How does Nnu Ego react to seeing Adaku's wealthy cousin at her home?
(a) She welcomes her in and feeds her.
(b) She ignores the woman and pretends she is not home.
(c) She yells at her and slams the door.
(d) She hugs her and tells her Adaku will be home soon.

9. How does Adaku reassure Nnu Ego after she gave birth to twin girls and worries Nnaife will be upset?
(a) She tells Nnu Ego they will care for her when she is old.
(b) She tells Nnu Ego Nnaife does not care whether he has sons or daughters.
(c) She tells Nnu Ego they will bring a good bride price some day.
(d) She tells Nnu Ego she can sell the girls as servants some day.

10. What does Nnu Ego believe her father would tell her if she complained of Nnaife's second wife?
(a) He would tell her she should be happy she is senior wife and has two sons.
(b) He would tell her to find a way to send his second wife back to Ibuza.
(c) He would tell her she could come back home anytime.
(d) He would tell her second wives are always better than the first.

11. What has changed in Lagos when Nnu Ego finally returns from Ibuza?
(a) Their house has been taken by soldiers.
(b) Everything is more expensive.
(c) All of Nnu Ego's neighbors have moved.
(d) The weather has become hotter.

12. How much money is Nnaife told his family will receive after he is taken by the Korofos?
(a) 20 shillings.
(b) 5 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 40 shillings.

13. What does Adaku do with the money Nnaife sends before he heads to India?
(a) She buys fancy new clothing.
(b) She opens a stall in Zabo market.
(c) She buys a new hut.
(d) She sends her daughter to school.

14. Where does Nnaife move his family when prices in Lagos become too high?
(a) Ibuza.
(b) Yaba.
(c) Kano.
(d) Onike.

15. Where does Ubani help Nnaife find work in Chapter 10 and what work does he get?
(a) Nnaife gets work at the market selling fish.
(b) Nnaife gets work at a British estate cleaning sheets.
(c) Nnaife gets work as a soldier fighting the Germans.
(d) Nnaife gets work at the railways cutting grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Taiwo realize is missing after she and Okpo and the other children eat dinner following a fight between Nnaife and Nnu Ego?

2. How old is Taiwo when Nnaife accepts a bride price for her?

3. How much money had Nnaife tried to send to Nnu Ego while she was away though it did not get to her until after the war?

4. Why does Nnu Ego struggle to sleep the first night Adaku spends in their hut?

5. What does Nnaife say he is going to do the next day following his fight with Oshia?

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