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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. How old was Bob Mah when his father died?

2. When was Byron born?

3. When did Niang die?

4. When did Byron decide to buy a restaurant?

5. When did Adeline finish her residency in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Aunt Baba when Adeline saw her in March, 1994?

2. What did Gregory tell Adeline about boy/girl relationships?

3. What job did Adeline arrange for herself in Hong Kong?

4. What did Joseph say when Aunt Baba informed him that Miss Chien had been stealing?

5. What did Adeline find in Niang's antique Chinese desk?

6. Why did Alcenith Crawford believe that women doctors had unhappy marriages?

7. What did Adeline have to do to get a California medical license?

8. What advice did Father give Adeline when he and Niang visited California when she was married to Byron?

9. What did Susan's mother-in-law do when Susan came into her marriage with two suitcases of old clothes?

10. Why did Gregory want to leave Nigeria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Gregory's role in his father's business and why Gregory was dismissed and banished from Father's enterprises.

Essay Topic 2

Grandmother died at the age of fifty-five. Discuss Grandmother's death and how it affected Adeline.

Essay Topic 3

Adeline took a position that her father had secured for her. Discuss why Adeline took a position that her father had secured for her rather than a job she had found for herself.

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