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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. 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) Nnu Ego.
(c) Nnaife.
(d) Kehinde.

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

3. What does the Ibuza community believe Nnu Ego should do while Nnaife is away in Chapter 12?
(a) Stay and watch Adaku.
(b) Get an education.
(c) Stop selling cigarettes.
(d) Move back to Ibuza.

4. In what way does Nnaife view his being forced into the army as a positive?
(a) He thinks it is his chance to better provide for his and his brother's family.
(b) He thinks he will get in better physical shape.
(c) He thinks it will be nice to have some time away from his wives.
(d) He think it is his chance to learn English.

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

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. What does Nnaife say he is going to do the next day following his fight with Oshia?

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. What do Adaku and Nnu Ego do when Nnaife does not return home at the end of Chapter 11?

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

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