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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nnu Ego appreciate having Okpa in her family?
(a) Okpa does all the cooking and cleaning.
(b) Okpa brings in a lot of money from the market.
(c) Okpa keeps Nnaife from bothering her.
(d) She knows she will take care of her children if she and Nnaife die.

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

3. What does Nnu Ego learn from Adaku when she returns to Lagos which upsets her?
(a) Adaku spent all of their money.
(b) Nnaife visited three weeks before she arrived.
(c) Nnaife wrote saying he was not coming back.
(d) Adaku left and the house is in shambles.

4. Who does Nnaife and his co-workers see surrounding them while working at the start of Chapter 12, the day Nnaife goes missing?
(a) European soldiers.
(b) African soldiers.
(c) Angry wives.
(d) Police officers.

5. In what ways does Adankwu say Nnu Ego is offending her father by staying in Ibuza?
(a) She is shirking her responsibilities as senior wife.
(b) She has been allowing others to take care of her sons.
(c) She has been bad mouthing her father to the community.
(d) She is not making more babies.

6. What happens to Adaku that makes her severely depressed in Chapter 11?
(a) Nnu Ego treats her poorly.
(b) Nnaife beats her.
(c) Her daughter runs away.
(d) Her son dies in infancy.

7. What does Adaku tell Nnu Ego she is going to do to make money after she moves out?
(a) Sell firewood.
(b) Sell cigarettes.
(c) Become a prostitute.
(d) Become a servant.

8. What news does Adim share with Nnu Ego and Okpa while Nnu Ego is still depressed after the loss of her child?
(a) He is moving to America.
(b) He is going to college.
(c) He has a high paying job.
(d) He is getting married.

9. 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?
(a) 20 pounds.
(b) 10 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 120 pounds.

10. Which of Nnaife's wives comes to live with them in Lago?
(a) Adaku.
(b) Adanku.
(c) Atanku.
(d) Dumbi.

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

12. What does Nnu Ego spend her money on when she hears the war is over?
(a) A dozen cartons of cigarettes to sell.
(b) Oshia's final semesters of school.
(c) Two kegs of palm wine.
(d) A new stall at the market.

13. When Nnaife begins earning money in Chapter 19 what does he feel he can afford to do?
(a) Hire a servant.
(b) Buy fancy clothes.
(c) Beat Nnu Ego when he wants.
(d) Buy a new home.

14. How long does Agbadi's mourning ceremony last in Chapter 12?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 days.

15. Why does Nnu Ego feel inadequate around Nnaife's new wife he inherited from his brother?
(a) She is intelligent, wealthy and educated.
(b) She is a better cook and mother.
(c) She has many sons.
(d) She is young and beautiful and willing to flatter a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Nnu Ego and Adaku run to when Nnaife does not return home from work in Chapter 11?

2. How does Adim manage to stop his father from hurting anyone else at the butcher's house?

3. Where does Nnaife move his family when prices in Lagos become too high?

4. Whose son does Kehinde tell her father she wants to marry?

5. Why does Nnu Ego choose to give birth for the seventh time all alone?

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