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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Chapter 7 opens, when does Nne Ojo hear Obi Uju's cries?

2. Nne Ojo hides Okei just in time before how many individuals arrive at the compound demanding to see Okei?

3. When Obi Agiliga talks with Okei he shares that he knows what?

4. Which individual approaches the girls and tells them that they should give their plantains to poor people?

5. Obi Agiliga has been waiting for the day when Okei will ask him for what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of elders being wise and demonstrating their knowledge and good judgment is advanced in what manner? How does this contrast with elders being human and making mistakes?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author employ the views of traditional Nigerian farmers with those of educated youths in the late 1960s and early 1970s regarding the raising of crops?

Essay Topic 3

How is the author able to portray Obi Agiliga as an understanding and caring guardian of a troubled nephew whom he views as a shirker of work, while in the same chapter Okei's adoptive uncle schemes in an attempt to teach him and other teenagers an embarrassing lesson in maturation? Is this not a contradiction in Chapter 3?

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