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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. Why does a blind beggar curse Nnu Ego as she runs in the Oyingbo market in Chapter 1?
(a) He does not think a woman should be out alone.
(b) Nnu Ego tries to steal from the man.
(c) She bumps into him and he thinks she is trying to rob him.
(d) She yells at him to get out of her way.

2. Who does Nnu Ego agree to marry at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Idayi Obani.
(b) Amatokwu Nwakusor.
(c) Ngozi Owulum.
(d) Nnaife Owulum.

3. What does Mrs. Meers tell Nnaife at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) She and Dr. Meers are getting a divorce.
(b) She tells Nnaife he is fired.
(c) She tells Nnaife she does not like his wife.
(d) She and Dr. Meers are moving back to England.

4. Who discovers Nnu Ego's son is dead after noticing Nnu Ego has not been seen all morning?
(a) Nnaife.
(b) Cordelia.
(c) Ato.
(d) Nwakusor.

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 try to conceive.
(c) Nnu Ego and her husband help deliver the baby.
(d) Nnu Ego and her husband harvest yams.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Nwokocha Agbadi described at the start of Chapter 2?

2. Which women sit in front of Nnu Ego's hut laughing when she returns from the marina with her baby?

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

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

5. Why does Nnu Ego run away from her home at the end of Chapter 4 after having her first child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nnu Ego yell out to Nwakusor and the woman who slapped her when she was trying to commit suicide by the bridge?

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

3. 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?

4. Describe the scene in Ubani's hut when he tells Nnaife his son is dead and Nnu Ego is missing.

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

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

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

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

9. Who is Agbadi? How is he described at the beginning of Chapter 2?

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

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