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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ona make Agbadi promise as she lay dying at the end of Chapter 2?

2. Why did Obi Umanna not want Ona to marry any man?

3. How does the reader learn Nnu Ego is a recent mother in Chapter 1?

4. Why does Agbadi prefer Ona to his other wives and mistresses?

5. What does Cordelia bring to Nnaife after he finds out about his dead son?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nnaife not seek work after the Meers leave? How does Nnu Ego feel about this?

2. How does Nnaife find work on the Fernando Po? Why do Nnu Ego and Oshia have to leave after he goes?

3. What details at the start of Chapter 1 indicator that Nnu Ego is a recent mother away from her baby?

4. What Ibo man finds Nnu Ego at the bridge in Chapter 5? What does he tell her about what she is attempting to do?

5. What happens to Oshia at his friend Folorunsho's sarah? Why does Nnu Ego think this happened?

6. Who is Ona and what is her relationship with Agbadi?

7. How does Ona react when Agbadi is injured? What does she do to help him?

8. Who does Agbadi finally agree to let marry Nnu Ego? How old is she? What gift does her husband's family bring to Agbadi after their wedding and why?

9. Who is Nnu Edo's chi and what does Nnu Edo believe her chi is doing to her?

10. Who is Ato? Why does she visit Nnu Ego? Who has sent her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting Nnu Ego and Adaku's character in The Joys of Motherhood. What details help develop their character and what do these details tell you about them? What is their background? How do they know each other? How do they interact? In what ways are they similar or different? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Write an analysis of the ways in which the author uses character and dialogue to drive the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the theme of tradition versus modernization in The Joys of Motherhood. How is Ibuza tradition challenged in the story? How does this impact the characters and themes of womanhood and motherhood?

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