Short Story: "Marriage Is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
Question 5 • Common Core ELA 10-CR
The story tells us that “[t]he prejudice against Nnaemeka’s marriage was not confined to his little village.” How else is this idea revealed in the story?
Answer
A
The women at their village meeting treat Nene differently than they would one of their own.
B
The men at Nnaemeka’s office begin to make fun of him and shun him because of his Ibibio wife.
C
Nene is not allowed to go to the village meetings with her husband since she is not Ibo.
D
Nnaemeka’s father tells everyone in the village to avoid his son and wife because of their disobedience.