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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 Adaku tell Nnu Ego she is going to do to make money after she moves out?

2. What is one thing Oshia says catapulted Nigerian politicians to demand rights for Nigerians?

3. How do locals feel about Adaku's decision to leave Nnaife and become a prostitute?

4. What does Nnu Ego learn from Adaku when she returns to Lagos which upsets her?

5. What does Adankwu do when Nnaife tells her Nnu Ego needs help at home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adaku decide she is going to do after the meeting with Ubani and Nwakusor?

2. In what ways has life for Adaku changed while Nnu Ego was in Ibuza?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. Who tells Nnu Ego and Adaku that Nnaife has been forced into the army? How do they react? What does Ubani say about the British?

7. What happens when Nnu Ego gives birth for the seventh time?

8. What does Nnaife do with his time when he returns home from Fernando Po? How does Nnu Ego feel about this?

9. Who are the Korofos and what do they do at the railway where Nnaife works the morning he does not return home?

10. What do Adaku and Nnu Ego do when Nnaife does not return home at the end of Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing the setting and time period of The Joys of Motherhood. In what ways does the time period and setting impact your understanding of the story as well as the themes?

Essay Topic 2

Choose a character and discuss their role in creating conflict in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the author of The Joys of Motherhood. Who is she? What else has she written? How is The Joys of Motherhood similar or different from her other works?

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