JAMB Literature in English 2010 Question 12

Question 12

Other Set Texts: African Prose

In Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, the medicine man links the lump discovered on the head of Nnu Ego at birth, to the

  1. A.wound inflicted on the slave woman buried with Agbadi's wife
  2. B.coming back of the Agunwa to the society to live again
  3. C.ill-luck and tragic events attributed to a predestined fate
  4. D.possession of physical admirable qualities that makes her an epitome of perfection.
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Answer: A (wound inflicted on the slave woman buried with Agbadi's wife)

Explanation

The slave woman killed at Agunwa's burial was struck on the head; Nnu Ego's lump marks her as that slave reborn, and the slave becomes her chi.