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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 color are Mrs. Noble's eyes?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 7, when did a group of men come to England who were well educated and believed colonialism would end?
3. What time of day does Adah talk to Francis about renting from Mr. Noble?
4. What does the leader of the play group serve Adah in Chapter 10 before sending her home?
5. What lappa does Adah ask Francis to bring her in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the birth of Adah's child like in Chapter 8, and what does she have?
2. What do the other women in the hospital ward have that Ada does not in Chapter 9?
3. What work does Francis do and how does he complain in Chapter 10?
4. Why does Adah want to have her baby at home?
5. In Chapter 10, how does Adah feel when she takes Titi to a play group?
6. Why does Adah decide not to get the Pill for birth control?
7. In Chapter 6, how does Adah disguise her voice when she calls to check on a room for rent on Hawley Street?
8. What does Adah learn about a woman on the ward in Chapter 9 who looks to be the age of Adah's mother?
9. What trap did Mr. Noble fall into when he bought a house in Wiles Road?
10. What happens when Adah goes to work in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Adah decides that the U.K. would provide better opportunities for her and her children than they can have in Nigeria. What does Adah think living in the U.K. will be like? How does reality change her expectations?
Essay Topic 3
The title of the book is Second Class Citizen. How does the title relate to Adah’s status in society—in Nigeria and in the U.K.?
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