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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was a woman on Adah's ward in Chapter 9 married before she had a child?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 21 years.
(c) 17 years.
(d) 18 years.

2. In Chapter 9, what color nightgown does Francis buy Adah?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

3. When did the two white women die who lived in Mr. Noble's house?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1964-65.
(d) 1962-63.

4. In Chapter 11, what side effect does a West Indian woman have from the pill?
(a) Weight gain.
(b) Mood swings and fatigue.
(c) Depression.
(d) Rash and itching.

5. What time do Adah and Francis go to look at rooms for rent in Chapter 6?
(a) 9.
(b) 7:30.
(c) 8.
(d) 6:30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Mr. Noble injured in a lift?

2. How long was Vicky in the hospital?

3. In Chapter 8, when does the doctor think Adah will have her baby?

4. Where does Adah want Francis to work during Christmas?

5. How old does Mr. Noble say that he was when his mother quit feeding him breast milk?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, where does Adah wake, and what is it like?

2. Why do Francis and Adah not get along with the others in the house where they live in Chapter 6?

3. Why did some Nigerian men come to England in the late 1940s?

4. In Chapter 10, how does Adah feel when she takes Titi to a play group?

5. What work does Francis do and how does he complain in Chapter 10?

6. In Chapter 6, what news do Francis and Adah receive in a letter?

7. When and where does Adah take a bath and why?

8. What do the other women in the hospital ward have that Ada does not in Chapter 9?

9. In Chapter 10, how does Adah have Christmas presents for her chldren, and what does each child get?

10. What happens when Adah goes to work in Chapter 8?

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