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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 Nnu Ego learn to do after moving from Lagos in Chapter 16?

2. What does Nnaife begin to do more and more after Oshia has gone to the U.S.?

3. What does Adaku say about her daughters when she comes to say farewell to Oshia, which impresses Mama Abby?

4. What does Nnu Ego believe will happen once Oshia completes school?

5. What do Nnu Ego and Nnaife plan as soon as Nnaife returned from the Fernando Po?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene when Adaku's cousin visits while she is still at the market.

2. Where does Nnaife move his family to when Lagos becomes too expensive? In what ways is this place different than their life in Lagos?

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

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

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

6. What does Mama Abby help Nnu Ego do with the money Nnaife has sent home from the army? What does Adaku do with her money?

7. 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?

8. Describe the conversation between Kehinde and Nnaife about marriage.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Emecheta's commentary on womanhood in The Joys of Motherhood. How is womanhood important to the story? How does it affect the narrative? Use textual evidence to explain your analysis.

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