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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 Dr. Meers call Nnaife, which angers his wife, though Nnaife does not understand the meaning of the word?
(a) Lady.
(b) Baboon.
(c) Boy.
(d) Fool.

2. What does Nnu Ego think of her new husband when she first meets him?
(a) She cannot believe how refined he is.
(b) She cannot believe how kind he is.
(c) She cannot believe how strong he is.
(d) She cannot believe how unattractive he is.

3. What does Nnu Ego's landlord do for her when Oshia is sick in Chapter 9?
(a) The landlord buys Nnu Ego food.
(b) The landlord lets Nnu Ego set up a cigarette stand in front of her hut.
(c) The landlord brings them a doctor.
(d) The landlord allows Nnu Ego to skip a month of rent.

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

5. What does the oracle tell Agbadi about Nnu Ego's second pregnancy?
(a) She will have a son who will go far in modern learning.
(b) She will have another child that will die in the first few weeks.
(c) She will have a daughter that will bring the family great wealth.
(d) She will die during childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal harms Agbadi while he is hunting?

2. Why does Nnu Ego's son still not have a name when he is six weeks old?

3. Why does Agbadi prefer attractive women who came from wealth?

4. Why do Nnu Ego and Oshia have to leave their hut while Nnaife is away on the Ferndano Po?

5. Why is Oshia upset at the end of Chapter 8 after seeing his friend Folorunsho?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Amatokwu and his family treat Nnu Ego after she seems unable to conceive?

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

4. What does the reader learn Nnu Ego is planning to do as she runs away in Chapter 1?

5. What arrangement does Ona work out with Agbadi when she is pregnant? What happens after she gives birth? Who is her child and how does Agbadi feel?

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

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

8. Why does Nnaife not seek work after the Meers leave? How does Nnu Ego feel about this?

9. 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?

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

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