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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Oko's mother act to Esi when Esi and Oko's marriage ends?
(a) Saddened.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) As if she knew it would happen.
(d) Nasty.

2. What did Opokuya decide early on in her marriage?
(a) To let her husband rule the family.
(b) To do what she wanted.
(c) To trust her husband.
(d) To assume her husband would have affairs and that was okay.

3. What happens soon after Ali is born?
(a) His mother dies.
(b) His father is killed.
(c) His grandmother dies.
(d) His sister dies.

4. For what does Kubi say he is late?
(a) A budget meeting.
(b) A meeting with some clients.
(c) To pick up a co-worker.
(d) He says he is not late.

5. Why does Opokuya say she is going to visit her mother?
(a) She wants to surprise her mother for her birthday.
(b) She wants to make sure her mother has recovered from an illness.
(c) She needs to pick up some of her old clothes for her daughter.
(d) She is homesick.

6. What happens on the drive when Opokuya loses use of the car?
(a) Kubi jokes trying to get Opokuya in a better mood.
(b) Nothing different from usual.
(c) Silence.
(d) Opokuya tries to convince Kubi the whole way to let her have the car.

7. With what does Opokuya say society has no patience?
(a) Divorced men.
(b) Single women.
(c) Women who want their own life even if they are married.
(d) Men who cheat.

8. Why are Esi and Opokuya still talking even though it's getting late?
(a) Kubi has not yet arrived.
(b) They are waiting for a taxi.
(c) They are waiting for Opokuya's daughter.
(d) They are waiting to have dinner with their husbands together.

9. What does Esi confide to Opokuya?
(a) That she is ill.
(b) That she is changing jobs.
(c) That she has left Oko.
(d) That she is pregnant.

10. Who is Connie?
(a) Kubi's sister.
(b) Opokuya's sister.
(c) Kubi's aunt.
(d) Opokuya's mother.

11. About what do Opokuya and Kubi argue every morning?
(a) What trade Kubi will take up.
(b) The use of the car.
(c) Whether Opokuya should give up midwifery.
(d) Whether Kubi should take a government job.

12. What visit did Opokuya make that is successful?
(a) None.
(b) To the patient expecting to deliver that evening.
(c) To her mother's.
(d) To Connie.

13. What is the understanding when Ogyaanowa goes to her grandmother's house?
(a) She can return home any time.
(b) She will live there until Esi remarries.
(c) She will live there until her father remarries.
(d) She will return home when school reopens.

14. How long does Ali live away from his father?
(a) His first year.
(b) He's always lived with his father.
(c) His first eight years.
(d) His entire life.

15. How does Esi find Oko's attentions?
(a) Suffocating.
(b) Unhealthy.
(c) Endearing.
(d) Possessive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ali and Fusena insist upon before Ali leaves Ghana?

2. Why does Esi think her decision about Ogyaanowa suits Esi?

3. Why does Opokuya say Esi cannot have it all?

4. Where does Opokuya live?

5. Why does Esi say her marriage fails?

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