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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. In Obi Uwechue's village, the young men have started to do what?

2. What is it that such young men are directed to be provided?

3. What was the cause of death of Okei's parents?

4. While Nduka writes the message on school paper and distributes it to the people in the village, what method does Uche use?

5. The topic of boys leads the girls to mention the difference between what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Obi Agiliga and Obi Uwechue regard their plan's progress the morning following Kwutelu's injury?

2. Why does Obi Agiliga instruct his workers to rest in the middle of the day in Chapter 3?

3. What does Obi Agiliga do after instructing Nne Ojo to hide Okei?

4. In the opening of Chapter 4, what does Uche's family believe will happen when he gets up very early?

5. What do Okei and his friends hear as they wait in the bushes for Josephine and her girlfriends to finish bathing?

6. How has Okei come to live with Obi Agiliga and Nne Ojo?

7. What does Obi Agiliga ask Okei before the competition begins?

8. In what ways is Okei maturing by the end of Chapter 12?

9. What takes place at the youths' next meeting following the girls' unsuccessful day selling plantains?

10. What transpires when Obi Agiliga comes home and finds the youths meeting as Okei has called?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does the author convey a belief in elitism of the schooled youths who find themselves above laboring on the farms, or are these youths wise because they recognize that current farming practices are less productive and methods need to be modernized?

Essay Topic 2

What are the circumstances surrounding Okei starting to empathize with Obi Agiliga rather than treating his uncle sarcastically?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Emecheta reflects her experience growing up in Nigeria in what ways?

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