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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 learn to do after moving from Lagos in Chapter 16?
(a) Read.
(b) Sew.
(c) Paint.
(d) Write.

2. Who does Taiwo realize is missing after she and Okpo and the other children eat dinner following a fight between Nnaife and Nnu Ego?
(a) Kehinde.
(b) Nnaife.
(c) Adim.
(d) Nnu Ego.

3. How does Nnu Ego react to seeing Adaku's wealthy cousin at her home?
(a) She welcomes her in and feeds her.
(b) She hugs her and tells her Adaku will be home soon.
(c) She yells at her and slams the door.
(d) She ignores the woman and pretends she is not home.

4. Who does Nnaife and his co-workers see surrounding them while working at the start of Chapter 12, the day Nnaife goes missing?
(a) European soldiers.
(b) Angry wives.
(c) Police officers.
(d) African soldiers.

5. Why is Adaku upset at the end of Chapter 11 when she sees the lavish meal Nnu Ego has prepared while Nnaife is at work?
(a) She thinks Nnu Ego is weak.
(b) She is frustrated that Nnu Ego did not keep up their strike.
(c) She does not like the meal Nnu Ego prepared.
(d) She believes Nnaife must be giving Nnu Ego more money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agbadi write to tell his daughter in Chapter 11?

2. What does Nnu Ego learn from Adaku when she returns to Lagos which upsets her?

3. What does Nnaife begin to do more and more after Oshia has gone to the U.S.?

4. How long does Agbadi's mourning ceremony last in Chapter 12?

5. How long is Nnu Ego in Ibuza when Adankwo tells Nnu Ego she should return to Lagos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nnaife move his family to when Lagos becomes too expensive? In what ways is this place different than their life in Lagos?

2. What does Adaku realize her position in the house is after the meeting with Ubani and Nwakusor?

3. What does Adaku decide she is going to do after the meeting with Ubani and Nwakusor?

4. In what ways has life for Adaku changed while Nnu Ego was in Ibuza?

5. Who are the Korofos and what do they do at the railway where Nnaife works the morning he does not return home?

6. What does Nnaife do with his time when he returns home from Fernando Po? How does Nnu Ego feel about this?

7. How long is Nnaife told he will be in the army? How is his family informed? How much money do the officers say they will send his family?

8. Which of Nnaife's brother's wives moves to Lagos? What is she like when she first arrives?

9. What happens when Nnaife arrives at the Yoruba family home with a cutlass?

10. What does Nnu Ego think will happen when Oshia completes school? Why does Adim think this may not be the case?

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