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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 do local Ibuza women teach Nnu Ego to do in their weekly meetings?
2. Where does Nnaife follow a group of men to when he searches for work after arguing with Nnu Ego?
3. Where does Ubani find work after the Meers have gone?
4. Why does Agbadi send Nnu Ego's childhood friend Ato to Lagos after her son's death?
5. Why does a woman slap Nnu Ego by the bridge at the end of Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Nnaife find work on the Fernando Po? Why do Nnu Ego and Oshia have to leave after he goes?
2. After Oshiago is born, why does Nnu Ego feel she should no longer try to sell cigarettes?
3. What does the reader learn Nnu Ego is planning to do as she runs away in Chapter 1?
4. 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?
5. Who is Agbadi? How is he described at the beginning of Chapter 2?
6. Who does Agbadi finally agree to let marry Nnu Ego? How old is she? What gift does her husband's family bring to Agbadi after their wedding and why?
7. What does Mrs. Meers tell Nnaife she and Dr. Meers are doing at the start of Chapter 8 and why?
8. Why does Nnaife not seek work after the Meers leave? How does Nnu Ego feel about this?
9. What does Nnu Ego yell out to Nwakusor and the woman who slapped her when she was trying to commit suicide by the bridge?
10. At which point in marriage did Agbadi often tire of his wives?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the book.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Emecheta's language style and word choice in The Joys of Motherhood. What are some words that stand out to you and why? What words are repeated? What words are most impactful? Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Emecheta's decision to tell the story using third person omniscient point-of-view from Nnu Ego's perspective. How does this impact the reader's understanding of the story's events? Is this effective? Why or why not?
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