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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 does Tia's husband do for a living?

2. In Chapter 39, what year is it?

3. When did Nigerians need a visa to travel to the United Kingdom?

4. How long does Big Madam say that Ken and Tia have been married in Chapter 31?

5. What language does Tia wish she could speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Tia have to teach Adunni in Chapter 33?

2. What does Kofi suggest that Adunni apply for?

3. What does Kofi say that Adunni could have done instead of ask for a lock for her room?

4. What does Adunni see when she goes to Big Madam's shop?

5. Who visits Adunni in her room in Chapter 34?

6. What does Tia's house look like?

7. What are the churches like where Big Madam goes and where Adunni goes?

8. What happens when Adunni asks Big Madam for a lock on her door?

9. What does Tia's mother-in-law say about the fertility ritual?

10. What do Big Madam and Big Daddy say about Adunni helping Tia at the market?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Adunni is 14 when she is forced to marry an older man. Are forced marriages common in rural villages in Nigeria? How does the marriage thwart Adunni’s plans and her mother’s hopes for her?

Essay Topic 3

Adunni is a young immature girl at the beginning of the novel. How does Adunni grow and mature in the book? How do her circumstances and interactions with other characters help her transform and grow?

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