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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Adaku reassure Nnu Ego after she gave birth to twin girls and worries Nnaife will be upset?
(a) She tells Nnu Ego they will care for her when she is old.
(b) She tells Nnu Ego she can sell the girls as servants some day.
(c) She tells Nnu Ego they will bring a good bride price some day.
(d) She tells Nnu Ego Nnaife does not care whether he has sons or daughters.

2. What happens to Adaku that makes her severely depressed in Chapter 11?
(a) Her daughter runs away.
(b) Her son dies in infancy.
(c) Nnaife beats her.
(d) Nnu Ego treats her poorly.

3. Why is Nnu Ego against Nnaife's suggestion that he find work in the army?
(a) She does not want him to be gone for a long time.
(b) She fears he will die.
(c) She is against the war.
(d) It is Ibuza tradition that a woman does not sleep with a soldier.

4. What does the oracle tell Agbadi about Nnu Ego's second pregnancy?
(a) She will have a daughter that will bring the family great wealth.
(b) She will die during childbirth.
(c) She will have another child that will die in the first few weeks.
(d) She will have a son who will go far in modern learning.

5. What does Nnu Ego's brother-in-law suspect about Nnu Ego before he goes back to Ibuza?
(a) He suspects she is falling in love with Nnaife.
(b) He suspects she is infertile.
(c) He suspects she is pregnant.
(d) He suspects she will move back to Ibuza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nnaife do for Dr. and Mrs. Meers?

2. Why does Agbadi send Nnu Ego's childhood friend Ato to Lagos after her son's death?

3. Who do Nnu Ego and Adaku run to when Nnaife does not return home from work in Chapter 11?

4. What does Nnu Ego believe about her chi?

5. What does Nnu Ego and Nnaife name their second son?

(see the answer key)

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