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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 does Adaku do with the money Nnaife sends before he heads to India?
2. What does Nnaife say he is going to do the next day following his fight with Oshia?
3. Why does Nnu Ego tell Oshia he must learn all he can at school when she has heard the war has been over but has not received word from Nnaife?
4. How does Adaku reassure Nnu Ego after she gave birth to twin girls and worries Nnaife will be upset?
5. What has changed in Lagos when Nnu Ego finally returns from Ibuza?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Nnu Ego gives birth for the seventh time?
2. What does Adaku decide she is going to do after the meeting with Ubani and Nwakusor?
3. 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?
4. What are the contents of the package Nnu Ego receives at the barracks in Chapter 15?
5. What happens when Nnaife arrives at the Yoruba family home with a cutlass?
6. Who are the Korofos and what do they do at the railway where Nnaife works the morning he does not return home?
7. What news does Ubani and Nwakusor come to break to Nnaife in Chapter 10? How will this effect Nnaife and Nnu Ego?
8. Which of Nnaife's brother's wives moves to Lagos? What is she like when she first arrives?
9. Describe the scene when Adaku's cousin visits while she is still at the market.
10. How does Nnaife react when Oshia tells him he has received a scholarship to study in the United States?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine how the theme of motherhood plays a part in the plot of the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance Nnu Ego's family's economic status has on the story. Why is this important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if his family were wealthy? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
Essay Topic 3
Write a brief essay analyzing the title The Joys of Motherhood. Explore the ways in which this title connects to the plot and themes of the story.
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