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This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
'And in spite of everything, in the soft cradle of her heart, there was another baby forming'.
What baby is being referred to in the above statement?

  • A. The stillborn
  • B. The reunion of Li and Habu
  • C. Li's expected baby
  • D. The meeting of Shuwa and her father
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This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Li got more accustomed to her home because she

  • A. grew a little more religious
  • B. had greater hold on her stern father
  • C. found greater solace in an outside relationship
  • D. became closer to tradition
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This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
'My blood is hot, but my flesh is famished...
The rains have come, the field is prepared,
But my field remains untilled,...
The statement above reflects the

  • A. laziness of the farmer
  • B. agony of unfulfilment
  • C. agony of a wasted fertility
  • D. consequences of an unrequited love
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This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Grandma informs Li in the novel that her salt-pot is empty because

  • A. she wants to extract money from Li's pocket money
  • B. she knows Li has had a gift of money recently
  • C. Li's mother would give her some
  • D. grandfather will never part with his money for salt
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This question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
The dominant tone of the novel is one of

  • A. detachment
  • B. anger
  • C. despondency
  • D. militancy
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