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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. In Chapter 11, what color bird does Adah notice?

2. How many days does Adah have a tube that prevents her from talking in Chapter 9?

3. When Mr. Noble was asked to remove his trousers, what was he paid to do so?

4. In Chapter 10, what color dress does Titi wear to Mrs. Noble's tea party?

5. Where did Mr. Noble buy a house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Mr. Noble not suceed and get an education?

3. What happens when Adah and Francis go to look at a room in Chapter 6?

4. What does Francis do when he discovers that Adah has gotten birth control?

5. In Chapter 6, how does Adah disguise her voice when she calls to check on a room for rent on Hawley Street?

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

7. Why does Adah want to have her baby at home?

8. What does the woman at the playgroup say and do when Adah arrives in Chapter 10?

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 8, why does Adah think about when her baby is due, and when is Adah due to have her baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 3

Some men emigrate from Nigeria to the U.K. in the late 1940s. Why do some Nigerian men immigrate to the U.K. in the late 1940s? What does the end of colonialism and the beginning of independence have to do with their decision?

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