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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 Nnaife say he is going to do the next day following his fight with Oshia?
(a) Stop Oshia from flying to the United States.
(b) Quit work and return to Ibuza.
(c) Find a new wife who will bring him a good son.
(d) Stop paying Adim's tuition so he does not end up like Oshia.

2. Who reads Nnu Ego the letter telling her to come to the barracks to retrieve a package?
(a) Oshia.
(b) Kehinde.
(c) Mama Abby.
(d) Adim.

3. 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 should have sent Adim to school instead.
(b) Nnaife forbids Oshia from going to the U.S. for school.
(c) Nnaife tells Oshia he is killing his family by not supporting them.
(d) Nnaife tells Oshia he wished he had died instead of Ngozi.

4. 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) Adim.
(b) Kehinde.
(c) Nnu Ego.
(d) Nnaife.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Adaku tell Nnu Ego she is going to do to make money after she moves out?

3. Whose son does Kehinde tell her father she wants to marry?

4. What does Mama Abby help Nnu Ego do with the money Nnaife sends her?

5. What is Nnu Egos initial concern after Ubani and Nwakusor share their bad news with Nnaife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nnaife go to Ibuza to marry Adankwo when he returns to the army? What happens when he is there? Who does he return to Lagos with and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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