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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 from Adaku when she returns to Lagos which upsets her?
(a) Adaku left and the house is in shambles.
(b) Adaku spent all of their money.
(c) Nnaife visited three weeks before she arrived.
(d) Nnaife wrote saying he was not coming back.

2. What news does Adim share with Nnu Ego and Okpa while Nnu Ego is still depressed after the loss of her child?
(a) He is getting married.
(b) He is moving to America.
(c) He has a high paying job.
(d) He is going to college.

3. What is one thing Oshia says catapulted Nigerian politicians to demand rights for Nigerians?
(a) Exorbitant cost of living in Nigeria.
(b) Forcing them to fight the white man's war.
(c) Forcing them out of their homes.
(d) A disdain for European culture.

4. Who is Okpo?
(a) Nnu Ego's closest friend and neighbor.
(b) Nnu Ego and Nnaife's daughter.
(c) Oshia's teacher.
(d) Nnaife's new young wife.

5. What does Nnaife say to Oshia as they argue about the fact that Oshia does not help the family financially?
(a) Nnaife tells Oshia he is killing his family by not supporting them.
(b) Nnaife forbids Oshia from going to the U.S. for school.
(c) Nnaife tells Oshia he should have sent Adim to school instead.
(d) Nnaife tells Oshia he wished he had died instead of Ngozi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nnu Ego struggle to sleep the first night Adaku spends in their hut?

2. What fine does Nnu Ego have to pay Ubani and Nwakusor for the way she behaved toward Adaku's cousin?

3. Why does Nnu Ego choose to give birth for the seventh time all alone?

4. What does Nnu Ego ask the officers if she can do before they take Nnaife away in the van?

5. What does Nnu Ego believe will happen once Oshia completes school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nnaife react when Oshia tells him he has received a scholarship to study in the United States?

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

3. What do Ubani and Nwakusor decide regarding Nnu Ego's encounter with Adaku's cousin? What do they think of both Adaku and Nnu Ego's behavior? What is the punishment?

4. What does the first letter Nnaife sends home from the army say?

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

6. Who tells Nnu Ego and Adaku that Nnaife has been forced into the army? How do they react? What does Ubani say about the British?

7. What condition is Nnu Ego's father in when she arrives at Ibuza?

8. How does Nnu Ego feel after giving birth to twin girls in 1941? How does Adaku try to reassure her?

9. How long is Nnu Ego in Ibuza after her father's death when Adankwo tells her she should go back to Lagos? Why does Adankwo think Nnu Ego should leave?

10. What are the contents of the package Nnu Ego receives at the barracks in Chapter 15?

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