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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 Adaku say about her daughters when she comes to say farewell to Oshia, which impresses Mama Abby?
(a) They go to a convent school.
(b) They make a lot of money in the market.
(c) They each have two sons.
(d) They married wealthy men.

2. How much money had Nnaife tried to send to Nnu Ego while she was away though it did not get to her until after the war?
(a) 120 pounds.
(b) 20 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

3. What news does Oshia receive while at the Technical Institute, which he is afraid to share with his family?
(a) He has been offered a scholarship to school in the U.S.
(b) Adim is failing school.
(c) He has been fired.
(d) His girlfriend is pregnant.

4. Why does Nnu Ego feel inadequate around Nnaife's new wife he inherited from his brother?
(a) She is intelligent, wealthy and educated.
(b) She is a better cook and mother.
(c) She is young and beautiful and willing to flatter a man.
(d) She has many sons.

5. Where does Nnaife move his family when prices in Lagos become too high?
(a) Ibuza.
(b) Kano.
(c) Onike.
(d) Yaba.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Nnaife is deemed "all right" (145) by the Korofos, what is he told he is going to be doing?

2. How does Nnu Ego feel when she sees her dead child?

3. How long is Nnaife told he will be away from his family in Chapter 12?

4. What type of research position is Oshia offered upon completing school?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the conversation between Kehinde and Nnaife about marriage.

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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