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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. How old is Taiwo when Nnaife accepts a bride price for her?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

2. How does Adaku reassure Nnu Ego after she gave birth to twin girls and worries Nnaife will be upset?
(a) She tells Nnu Ego Nnaife does not care whether he has sons or daughters.
(b) She tells Nnu Ego they will bring a good bride price some day.
(c) She tells Nnu Ego she can sell the girls as servants some day.
(d) She tells Nnu Ego they will care for her when she is old.

3. 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 moving to America.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He is going to college.
(d) He has a high paying job.

4. What does Nnaife grab before running off to the butcher's house to get his daughter?
(a) A cutlass.
(b) All of his money.
(c) His wife.
(d) A shotgun.

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 does not like the meal Nnu Ego prepared.
(b) She thinks Nnu Ego is weak.
(c) She is frustrated that Nnu Ego did not keep up their strike.
(d) She believes Nnaife must be giving Nnu Ego more money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oshia tell Nnu Ego about Adaku which worries her enough to take him to a medicine man?

2. Why does Nnu Ego feel inadequate around Nnaife's new wife he inherited from his brother?

3. In what ways does Adankwu say Nnu Ego is offending her father by staying in Ibuza?

4. What happens to Adaku that makes her severely depressed in Chapter 11?

5. What does Oshia do in Chapter 11 to help after his family argues about money?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Nnu Ego gives birth for the seventh time?

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

3. What news does Ubani and Nwakusor come to break to Nnaife in Chapter 10? How will this effect Nnaife and Nnu Ego?

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

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

6. Why do Adaku and Nnu Ego stop cooking for Nnaife in Chapter 11? How does Nnaife react?

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

8. What do Ubani and Oshia discuss regarding the changes in Nigeria when they come to celebrate Oshia's education accomplishments?

9. 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?

10. Describe the scene when Adaku's cousin visits while she is still at the market.

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