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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 believe her father would tell her if she complained of Nnaife's second wife?
(a) He would tell her she should be happy she is senior wife and has two sons.
(b) He would tell her she could come back home anytime.
(c) He would tell her to find a way to send his second wife back to Ibuza.
(d) He would tell her second wives are always better than the first.

2. How long does Agbadi's mourning ceremony last in Chapter 12?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 1 month.

3. 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) Nnaife wrote saying he was not coming back.
(c) Adaku spent all of their money.
(d) Nnaife visited three weeks before she arrived.

4. What is one of the first things that happens to Nnaife the day he is taken and brought to an open field at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) He is given a medical exam.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) He is beaten.

5. What does Agbadi write to tell his daughter in Chapter 11?
(a) He will be coming to visit her.
(b) He wants her to send Oshia to live with him.
(c) He is dying.
(d) He wants her to move back to Ibuza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nnaife grab before running off to the butcher's house to get his daughter?

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

3. What does the Yoruba family tell Nnaife when they learn of his anger about Kehinde wanting to marry the butchers' son?

4. What does Adaku do with the money Nnaife sends before he heads to India?

5. What does Adaku say about her daughters when she comes to say farewell to Oshia, which impresses Mama Abby?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What does Mama Abby help Nnu Ego do with the money Nnaife has sent home from the army? What does Adaku do with her money?

7. What does Nnu Ego name the son she gives birth to in Ibuza and why?

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

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

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