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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 news does Adim share with Nnu Ego and Okpa while Nnu Ego is still depressed after the loss of her child?

2. What does Adankwu do when Nnaife tells her Nnu Ego needs help at home?

3. Who reads Nnu Ego the letter telling her to come to the barracks to retrieve a package?

4. What does Nnaife try to tell the officers when they come for him at the Yoruba home?

5. What are the contents of the package Nnu Ego picks up at the barracks in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Nnaife arrives at the Yoruba family home with a cutlass?

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

4. How does Nnaife react when Oshia tells him he has received a scholarship to study in the United States?

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

6. What are the contents of the package Nnu Ego receives at the barracks in Chapter 15?

7. Why do Adaku and Nnu Ego stop cooking for Nnaife in Chapter 11? How does Nnaife react?

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 news does Ubani and Nwakusor come to break to Nnaife in Chapter 10? How will this effect Nnaife and Nnu Ego?

10. How long is Nnu Ego in Ibuza after her father's death when Adankwo tells her she should go back to Lagos? Why does Adankwo think Nnu Ego should leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the ending of The Joys of Motherhood. How did the ending fit into the storyline? Do you think the ending was effective? What theme might the ending represent? What might the author have done differently?

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 examining education as a symbol in The Joys of Motherhood. Who can and cannot get educated? Why? How does the theme of education develop the narrative?

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