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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What time do Adah and Francis go to look at rooms for rent in Chapter 6?
2. What day of the week does Adah go to the public bath at the beginning of Chapter 11?
3. How long is Adah in the hospital after Bubu is born?
4. What color coat is Adah wearing in Chapter 7?
5. Where did Mr. Noble buy a house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Adah goes to work in Chapter 8?
2. Why do Francis and Adah not get along with the others in the house where they live in Chapter 6?
3. In Chapter 6, what news do Francis and Adah receive in a letter?
4. What trap did Mr. Noble fall into when he bought a house in Wiles Road?
5. What happened to the women who lived in Mr. Noble's house in a rent-controlled apartment?
6. What do the other women in the hospital ward have that Ada does not in Chapter 9?
7. Why did Mr. Noble not suceed and get an education?
8. Why does Adah decide not to get the Pill for birth control?
9. In Chapter 9, where does Adah wake, and what is it like?
10. What happens when Adah and Francis go to look at a room in Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Adah does not have a support system in the U.K. What support system did Adah have in Nigeria? Why does she not have a support system in the U.K.? How is she affected by the lack of a support system?
Essay Topic 2
Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?
Essay Topic 3
The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?
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