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

2. What does Nnaife begin to do more and more after Oshia has gone to the U.S.?
(a) Drink palm wine.
(b) Play music.
(c) Smoke cigarettes.
(d) Work.

3. How long does Agbadi's mourning ceremony last in Chapter 12?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

4. What does Nnaife do as a result of his resentment at Adaku's success without him?
(a) He says terrible things about her to the Ibuza community.
(b) He has her arrested.
(c) He forces her to return.
(d) He marries Adankwu.

5. What has changed in Lagos when Nnu Ego finally returns from Ibuza?
(a) The weather has become hotter.
(b) All of Nnu Ego's neighbors have moved.
(c) Their house has been taken by soldiers.
(d) Everything is more expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Adaku upset at the end of Chapter 11 when she sees the lavish meal Nnu Ego has prepared while Nnaife is at work?

2. What does Nnu Ego believe will happen once Oshia completes school?

3. How does Adim manage to stop his father from hurting anyone else at the butcher's house?

4. What does Nnu Ego spend her money on when she hears the war is over?

5. Where does Nnaife move his family when prices in Lagos become too high?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ubani and Oshia discuss regarding the changes in Nigeria when they come to celebrate Oshia's education accomplishments?

2. Why does Nnaife go to Ibuza to marry Adankwo when he returns to the army? What happens when he is there? Who does he return to Lagos with and why?

3. How long is Nnu Ego in Ibuza after her father's death when Adankwo tells her she should go back to Lagos? Why does Adankwo think Nnu Ego should leave?

4. Which of Nnaife's brother's wives moves to Lagos? What is she like when she first arrives?

5. What does Adaku realize her position in the house is after the meeting with Ubani and Nwakusor?

6. Where does Nnaife move his family to when Lagos becomes too expensive? In what ways is this place different than their life in Lagos?

7. How long is Nnaife told he will be in the army? How is his family informed? How much money do the officers say they will send his family?

8. What do Ubani and Nwakusor decide regarding Nnu Ego's encounter with Adaku's cousin? What do they think of both Adaku and Nnu Ego's behavior? What is the punishment?

9. What does Nnu Ego name the son she gives birth to in Ibuza and why?

10. Describe the conversation between Kehinde and Nnaife about marriage.

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