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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Adah pay the daily-minder to watch her children in Chapter 4?
(a) 6 pounds a week.
(b) 7 pounds a week.
(c) 4 pounds a week.
(d) 5 pounds a week.

2. What do Adah's father's friends drink while they discuss Adah going to school in Chapter 1?
(a) Zobo.
(b) Fruit juice.
(c) Palm wine.
(d) Kunu.

3. When Francis leaves for the United Kingdom, when is Adah's baby due?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

4. What is Adah's mother's occupation?
(a) Poultry farmer.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Sheep herder.

5. What day of the week do the Ibuza men welcome Laywer Nweze?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

6. When does Miss Stirling say that there will be a nursery place for Titi in Chapter 5?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

7. What color headscarves do the women wear who greet Layer Nweze when he arrives?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Yellow.

8. In Chapter 5, how is Adah feeling when she wakes?
(a) Tired.
(b) Headachy.
(c) Dizzy.
(d) Nauseated.

9. How long has Adah been in the U.K. when she starts work?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

10. In Chapter 3, on what floor is Francis and Adah's room?
(a) 4th.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 5th.
(d) 3rd.

11. What nationality is the chief librarian at the library where Adah works in Chapter 4?
(a) Italian.
(b) Czech.
(c) Polish.
(d) German.

12. After Pa's death, what time do Adah's days start?
(a) 5:30 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 4:30 a.m.

13. Where were Ma and Pa married?
(a) The Capstone Church.
(b) Christ Church.
(c) Apostolic Faith Church.
(d) Christian Brethern Church.

14. How many trips does Adah have to make to fill the water container when she lives on Pike Street?
(a) 14 to 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 10 to 12.

15. In Chapter 1, where is the police station near where Adah's mother is taken?
(a) Idumota Market.
(b) Balogun Market.
(c) Sabo Market.
(d) Oyingbo Market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Adah go to secondary school?

2. In Chapter 1, what school does Boy go to?

3. What was the bride-price that Francis could not pay for Adah?

4. Which river goddess do Pa and his friends toast for not allowing Lawyer Nweze to go astray?

5. In Chapter 3, what does a factory make that Adah sees on the train?

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