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

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

3. What does Ona make Agbadi promise as she lay dying at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) She makes him promise to allow Nnu Ego to marry the man of her choosing.
(b) She makes him promise to give Nnu Ego a good education.
(c) She makes him promise to find Nnu Ego a good husband.
(d) She makes him promise to never let Nnu Ego leave Ibuza.

4. What does Nwakusor do for work?
(a) He is a cook.
(b) He is a dockworker.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is a servant.

5. What does Nwakusor find Nnu Ego trying to do when he is heading home from work in Chapter 5?
(a) Steal someone's child.
(b) Run back to Ibuza.
(c) Steal from a beggar.
(d) Commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it at the start of Chapter 1, "The Mother"?

2. Who tells Oshia his mother has just given birth at the start of Chapter 9?

3. What does Nnu Ego do with her first husband while his second wife is giving birth in Chapter 3?

4. Where does Nnu Ego move to to start her life with a new husband?

5. Why did Obi Umanna not want Ona to marry any man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Nnu Ego marry after Amatokwu? Where does he live? How does she get there?

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

3. Who is the first person to notice Nnu Ego is missing in Chapter 6? What else does she discover and what does she do about it?

4. What happens to Oshia at his friend Folorunsho's sarah? Why does Nnu Ego think this happened?

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

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

7. What does Nnu Ego begin doing when she cares for Amatokwu's son? What happens when Amatokwu finds her doing this?

8. How does Nnu Ego feel after she gives birth to her first son? What does she discover happened to her son at the end of Chapter 2?

9. Who does Agbadi finally agree to let marry Nnu Ego? How old is she? What gift does her husband's family bring to Agbadi after their wedding and why?

10. After Oshiago is born, why does Nnu Ego feel she should no longer try to sell cigarettes?

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