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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nnu Egos initial concern after Ubani and Nwakusor share their bad news with Nnaife?
(a) She does not know how they will support the wives Nnaife will inherit.
(b) She does not know how they will pay for a funeral.
(c) She does not know how Oshia will take the news.
(d) She does not know how they will pay for a trip to Ibuza.

2. What does Nnaife grab before running off to the butcher's house to get his daughter?
(a) A cutlass.
(b) All of his money.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) His wife.

3. 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 they will bring a good bride price some day.
(c) She tells Nnu Ego Nnaife does not care whether he has sons or daughters.
(d) She tells Nnu Ego she can sell the girls as servants some day.

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

5. What type of research position is Oshia offered upon completing school?
(a) Education.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Math.
(d) Science.

6. What does Nnu Ego believe will happen once Oshia completes school?
(a) He will help pay for Adim's education.
(b) He will buy them a bigger home.
(c) He will move them all to America.
(d) Nnaife can stop working.

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

8. What does Nnu Ego ask the officers if she can do before they take Nnaife away in the van?
(a) Tell Nnaife she loves him.
(b) Tie his nightcloth so nobody sees him naked.
(c) Take Nnaife's money.
(d) Hug him before he leaves.

9. How long is Nnaife told he will be away from his family in Chapter 12?
(a) 3 - 5 years.
(b) No more than one year.
(c) About three months.
(d) Six months.

10. What is one of the first things that happens to Nnaife the day he is taken and brought to an open field at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) He is beaten.
(b) He is given a medical exam.
(c) He is robbed.
(d) He is arrested.

11. What are some signs of war that Oshia sees in his school?
(a) Teachers tell students stories of the war.
(b) Images of war planes are on the walls.
(c) Teachers keep British flags at their desks.
(d) Soldiers are posted outside the school gates.

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

13. What does Nnaife do as a result of his resentment at Adaku's success without him?
(a) He forces her to return.
(b) He has her arrested.
(c) He marries Adankwu.
(d) He says terrible things about her to the Ibuza community.

14. What does Mama Abby help Nnu Ego do with the money Nnaife sends her?
(a) Open a savings account.
(b) Buy a sewing machine.
(c) Buy new clothes.
(d) Buy cartons of cigarettes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Adaku that makes her severely depressed in Chapter 11?

2. Who reads Nnu Ego the letter telling her to come to the barracks to retrieve a package?

3. Who is Okpo?

4. How long is Nnu Ego in Ibuza when Adankwo tells Nnu Ego she should return to Lagos?

5. Why does Nnaife smash his guitar in Chapter 11?

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