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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Nnaife's wives comes to live with them in Lago?
(a) Dumbi.
(b) Atanku.
(c) Adaku.
(d) Adanku.

2. In Chapter 17, which character finds it amazing that some day Ibuza may have a Black District Officer?
(a) Oshia.
(b) Nnu Ego.
(c) Adaku.
(d) Nnaife.

3. What does Nnaife say when he has been home for three months and Nnu Ego suggests he finds work?
(a) He tells her he found a job and will be leaving again soon.
(b) He tells her he is a rich man now and does not need to work.
(c) He tells her he worked for 11 months and deserves a break.
(d) He tells her she is making enough money to support them.

4. What does Nnu Ego spend her money on when she hears the war is over?
(a) Oshia's final semesters of school.
(b) A dozen cartons of cigarettes to sell.
(c) A new stall at the market.
(d) Two kegs of palm wine.

5. Who runs after Nnaife after he heads to the butcher's home to get his daughter?
(a) Okpa.
(b) Taiwo.
(c) Oshia.
(d) Adim.

6. How does Nnu Ego feel when she sees her dead child?
(a) Distraught knowing how sad Nnaife will feel.
(b) Relieved that she does not have to find a way to feed another child.
(c) Disappointed at the bride price she lost.
(d) Relieved that the child was a girl.

7. Why does Nnu Ego feel inadequate around Nnaife's new wife he inherited from his brother?
(a) She is a better cook and mother.
(b) She is young and beautiful and willing to flatter a man.
(c) She has many sons.
(d) She is intelligent, wealthy and educated.

8. Who sobs as Nnaife is taken away in a police van after the incident at the Yoruba home?
(a) Okpo and Nnu Ego.
(b) Kehende and Aremu.
(c) Taiwo and Adim.
(d) Okpo and Adim.

9. What fine does Nnu Ego have to pay Ubani and Nwakusor for the way she behaved toward Adaku's cousin?
(a) 4 pounds.
(b) A goat.
(c) A pot of stew.
(d) A keg of palm wine and a tin of cigarettes.

10. While celebrating Oshia's accomplishment in Chapter 17, who says that soon Nigerians will rule themselves?
(a) Nwakusor.
(b) Ubani.
(c) Nnu Ego.
(d) Nnaife.

11. What news does Adim share with Nnu Ego and Okpa while Nnu Ego is still depressed after the loss of her child?
(a) He has a high paying job.
(b) He is moving to America.
(c) He is going to college.
(d) He is getting married.

12. How does Adim manage to stop his father from hurting anyone else at the butcher's house?
(a) He tells him he will get arrested.
(b) He puts his hand on his shoulder and tells him to stay calm.
(c) He whacks him and forces the cutlass to fall.
(d) He wrestles his fun from him.

13. Where does Ubani help Nnaife find work in Chapter 10 and what work does he get?
(a) Nnaife gets work at the railways cutting grass.
(b) Nnaife gets work at a British estate cleaning sheets.
(c) Nnaife gets work as a soldier fighting the Germans.
(d) Nnaife gets work at the market selling fish.

14. What does Nnaife grab before running off to the butcher's house to get his daughter?
(a) All of his money.
(b) His wife.
(c) A cutlass.
(d) A shotgun.

15. How do locals feel about Adaku's decision to leave Nnaife and become a prostitute?
(a) They condemn her.
(b) They think she had no choice.
(c) Women are jealous because their husbands prefer her.
(d) Many women admire her and follow suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nnu Ego struggle to sleep the first night Adaku spends in their hut?

2. How does Nnu Ego react to seeing Adaku's wealthy cousin at her home?

3. Which of Nnu Ego's children inform her that she has received a letter in Chapter 15?

4. What is Nnu Egos initial concern after Ubani and Nwakusor share their bad news with Nnaife?

5. Why does Nnaife smash his guitar in Chapter 11?

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