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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Nnu Ego marry at the start of Chapter 3?
(a) Ngozi.
(b) Idayi.
(c) Umanni.
(d) Amatokwu.

3. What do local Ibuza women teach Nnu Ego to do in their weekly meetings?
(a) They teach her how to keep her husband happy.
(b) They teach her how to sell cigarettes.
(c) They teach her how to sew.
(d) They teach her how to cook.

4. Why does Agbadi prefer attractive women who came from wealth?
(a) They have a confidence he finds attractive.
(b) They prefer a quiet life at home.
(c) They are easy to please.
(d) They are able to support him so he does not have to work so hard.

5. What does Nnu Ego do with her first husband while his second wife is giving birth in Chapter 3?
(a) Nnu Ego and her husband sell things at the market.
(b) Nnu Ego and her husband help deliver the baby.
(c) Nnu Ego and her husband try to conceive.
(d) Nnu Ego and her husband harvest yams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cordelia bring to Nnaife after he finds out about his dead son?

2. What does Nwakusor tell Nnu Ego when he finds her by the bridge in Chapter 5?

3. What is the meaning of Nnu Ego and Nnaife's son's name?

4. What is the only thing Nnu Ego is able to afford to feed Oshia after her second child is born?

5. What gift does Agbadi receive from Nnu Ego's husband's family when she is found to be a virgin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who finds Oshia outside with a fever in Chapter 9? What do they discover is the reason for his sickness?

2. Who is Nnu Edo's chi and what does Nnu Edo believe her chi is doing to her?

3. Who is Ona and what is her relationship with Agbadi?

4. At which point in marriage did Agbadi often tire of his wives?

5. How does Ona react when Agbadi is injured? What does she do to help him?

6. What details at the start of Chapter 1 indicator that Nnu Ego is a recent mother away from her baby?

7. How does Nnu Ego feel about Nnaife when she first meets him? In what ways is he different from many she knew in Ibuza?

8. What does Mrs. Meers tell Nnaife she and Dr. Meers are doing at the start of Chapter 8 and why?

9. What does Nnu Ego decide to do with the four shillings she saved from rent while Oshia was sick? In what way has the marina changed after a year?

10. Who is Ato? Why does she visit Nnu Ego? Who has sent her?

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