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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Nnu Ego planning to do in Chapter 1 to relieve her pain and anger?
2. What is the meaning of Nnu Ego and Nnaife's son's name?
3. Why does Nwakusor have a new appreciation for life at the start of Chapter 5?
4. Why does Nnu Ego's son still not have a name when he is six weeks old?
5. What does Nnu Ego's brother-in-law suspect about Nnu Ego before he goes back to Ibuza?
Short Essay Questions
1. What arrangement does Ona work out with Agbadi when she is pregnant? What happens after she gives birth? Who is her child and how does Agbadi feel?
2. Who does Nnu Ego marry after Amatokwu? Where does he live? How does she get there?
3. Why does Nnaife not seek work after the Meers leave? How does Nnu Ego feel about this?
4. Who is Nnu Edo's chi and what does Nnu Edo believe her chi is doing to her?
5. How does Ona react when Agbadi is injured? What does she do to help him?
6. How does Nnaife find work on the Fernando Po? Why do Nnu Ego and Oshia have to leave after he goes?
7. Who is the first person to notice Nnu Ego is missing in Chapter 6? What else does she discover and what does she do about it?
8. What details at the start of Chapter 1 indicator that Nnu Ego is a recent mother away from her baby?
9. Who is Agbadi? How is he described at the beginning of Chapter 2?
10. Who finds Oshia outside with a fever in Chapter 9? What do they discover is the reason for his sickness?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the imagery used in The Joys of Motherhood. In what ways does the imagery connect to the plot and themes of the story? Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the book.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay comparing and contrasting Nnu Ego and Adaku's character in The Joys of Motherhood. What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.
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