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

2. Who do the dibia Nnu Ego's sees fault with her inability to conceive?
(a) Ona.
(b) Amatokwu.
(c) Nnu Ego.
(d) Her chi.

3. What does ona mean?
(a) Gracious mother.
(b) Beautiful Woman.
(c) Priceless jewel.
(d) Annoying Pest.

4. What do some believe is the cause of Agunwa's illness in Chapter 2 when Agbadi is still healing?
(a) A difficult pregnancy.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) Worrying over Agbadi's well being.
(d) Hearing Ona and Agbadi having sex.

5. 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 protecter.
(c) She is her wicked grandmother.
(d) She is made up by her family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Nnaife hold off on looking for a job long after Dr. and Mrs. Meers no longer employ him?

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

4. How does the reader learn Nnu Ego is a recent mother in Chapter 1?

5. What do Nnaife and Oshia find in the master's house, which Nnu Ego worries will distract Nnaife from finding a job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nnaife find work on the Fernando Po? Why do Nnu Ego and Oshia have to leave after he goes?

3. What Ibo man finds Nnu Ego at the bridge in Chapter 5? What does he tell her about what she is attempting to do?

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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