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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Esi eventually feeling?
(a) Unfulfilled.
(b) Lonely and missing Ali.
(c) Neglected.
(d) Gracious towards Fusena.

2. Why does Fusena sometimes call Ali at Esi's house?
(a) To ask him to bring home groceries.
(b) If he is late getting home.
(c) To ask his advice about their son.
(d) To give him a message from his mother.

3. About what does Esi laugh concerning the African male?
(a) His jealousy.
(b) His insecurity.
(c) His demands for propriety.
(d) His insolence.

4. What does Ali continually do to Esi?
(a) Puts her down.
(b) Tells her he's coming and then not show up.
(c) Makes her feel like a second wife.
(d) Makes excuses about why he cannot visit her.

5. What is Opokuya thinking of doing before going to the hospital early the next morning?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Sleeping late.
(c) Going over to Esi's house.
(d) Taking a leisurely bath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Esi tell Ali to do?

2. To what does Fusena agree?

3. What does Ali do traditionally on New Year's Eve?

4. What does Esi do after she drops Ali off at Hotel Twentieth Century?

5. What does Opokuya notice on Esi when she visits one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What indication is there that Ali and Esi are starting to have difficulties in their relationship in Chapter 10?

2. For what does Ali apologize to his people and how does he rationalize his actions?

3. What happens after the trip to Bamako?

4. What do the older women think about Ali marrying Esi?

5. What does Esi feel after leaving Opokuya's home?

6. Describe Esi's conversation with Opokuya three months after ending her marriage with Ali.

7. What does Ali propose to Esi and what is her response?

8. Where does Esi go after dropping Ali off in her new car and what does she offer Opokuya?

9. How is Ali conflicted on New Year's Eve?

10. Why would it have been different if Oko had taken a second wife?

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