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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ali Kondey ask Esi?
(a) If he can call her the next week.
(b) If her friend is married to Kubi.
(c) If she was still working in the same job.
(d) If she is meeting her husband.

2. What does Fusena not remember after having been away for two years?
(a) The social rigidity of Ghana.
(b) How it feels to teach.
(c) The way women are second class in Ghana.
(d) How it feels to not be pregnant or nursing.

3. What does Fusena start feeling upset in her marriage?
(a) Her husband is getting more education than she.
(b) She wants to stay home with the kids but has to work.
(c) She has not managed to get pregnant.
(d) Her husband has married two more wifes.

4. To what does Fusena agree before Ali leaves Ghana?
(a) To wait for his return and not marry someone else.
(b) To go with him.
(c) To write him every week.
(d) To marry him.

5. Why is Ali going to be away from Fusena for a long time?
(a) He receives a scholarship in England.
(b) He receives a scholarship in Germany.
(c) He receives a scholarship in the United States.
(d) He receives a scholarship in France.

6. Upon what do Esi and Opokuya agree?
(a) That men are good most of the time.
(b) That Esi would do well to stay away from Ali Kondey.
(c) That Ali Kondey is handsome.
(d) That Kubi is easier to take than Oko.

7. Who do the two women think the best husband is?
(a) Their own, though they have faults.
(b) None.
(c) A mutual friend of theirs from high school.
(d) The one someone else is living with.

8. Who is Musa Kondey?
(a) Ali's father.
(b) A rich, minor prince.
(c) Ali's uncle.
(d) A photographer.

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

10. How does Oko's family feel about Esi?
(a) They hate her.
(b) They do not understand her but love her.
(c) They adore her.
(d) They disapprove of her but love her.

11. Where do Esi and Opokuya both live?
(a) Accra.
(b) They do not live in the same town.
(c) Kumasi.
(d) Tema.

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

13. Who does Opokuya think has to be a fool in a marriage?
(a) The woman.
(b) The role rotates between the woman and man.
(c) The man.
(d) No one.

14. What does Esi decide to do while waiting for her friend to arrive?
(a) Read the newspaper.
(b) Write up a proposal.
(c) Call her daughter.
(d) Have a beer.

15. Who watches Esi dress with pleasure?
(a) No one.
(b) Oko.
(c) Esi herself in the mirror.
(d) Ohyaanowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kubi?

2. Whose company does Ali enjoy?

3. What was a major reason Oko was first attracted to Esi?

4. What does Ali tell Fusena he is thinking of doing?

5. How does the man who offers to help Esi appear?

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