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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the reader learn Nnu Ego is a recent mother in Chapter 1?
(a) She is with a midwife and her newborn.
(b) She is carrying a newborn with her.
(c) Her breasts ache from producing milk.
(d) She is at her baby's christening.

2. What is the only thing Nnu Ego is able to afford to feed Oshia after her second child is born?
(a) Bushmeat.
(b) Yams.
(c) Garri.
(d) Jollof.

3. What does Iyawo suggest is the reason Oshia becomes so ill in Chapter 9?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) Bad bushmeat.
(d) Insect bite.

4. Who does Nnu Ego find at the marina the first time she goes there in a year?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Police officers.

5. What does Nnu Ego do with her first husband while his second wife is giving birth in Chapter 3?
(a) Nnu Ego and her husband harvest yams.
(b) Nnu Ego and her husband try to conceive.
(c) Nnu Ego and her husband sell things at the market.
(d) Nnu Ego and her husband help deliver the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Nnu Ego agree to marry at the end of Chapter 3?

2. Why does Ubani want to ensure nobody else finds out about Nnu Ego and Nnaife's dead child?

3. What does Agbadi tell Nnu Ego's husband might be the reason she is struggling to conceive?

4. What does ona mean?

5. How does Ona react where she learns Agbadi has been badly wounded while hunting?

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