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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how is Adah feeling when she wakes?
(a) Dizzy.
(b) Tired.
(c) Headachy.
(d) Nauseated.

2. How old is Adah's mother when she dies?
(a) 38.
(b) 41.
(c) 43.
(d) 52.

3. In Chapter 4, how old are Titi and Vicky?
(a) 3 years and 13 months.
(b) 3 years and 1 year.
(c) 2 years and 9 months.
(d) 4 years and 2 years.

4. In Chapter 5, what hospital is Vicky taken to?
(a) St. Thomas' Hospital.
(b) St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
(c) Guy's Hospital.
(d) Royal Free Hospital.

5. What is Vicky diagnosed with in Chapter 5?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Measles.

6. Where does Adah walk on her lunch hour in Chapter 5?
(a) Cobb's Court.
(b) Albion Place.
(c) Finchley Road.
(d) Honey Lane.

7. In Chapter 1, what does Mr. Cole get Adah to eat after her first day at school?
(a) Gibegiri.
(b) Coconut rice.
(c) Akara.
(d) Roasted plantain.

8. What is Adah's husband, Francis, studying to be?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Architect.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Lawyer.

9. In Chapter 3, on what floor is Francis and Adah's room?
(a) 4th.
(b) 3rd.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 5th.

10. In Chapter 1, where is the police station near where Adah's mother is taken?
(a) Idumota Market.
(b) Balogun Market.
(c) Oyingbo Market.
(d) Sabo Market.

11. How much more expensive was the school Adah attended before her father's death than the school she attends after her father's death?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 6 times.
(d) 2 times.

12. What day of the week do the Ibuza men welcome Laywer Nweze?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

13. In Chapter 4, who told Titi not to speak in Yoruba?
(a) Francis.
(b) The daily-minder.
(c) The landlord.
(d) Adah.

14. In Chapter 5, what does Vicky refuse to eat?
(a) Rice Krispies.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Cheerios.
(d) Porridge.

15. When Francis goes to the United Kingdom, how much is Adah to send him monthly?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 15 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 10 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drives Adah to the station from work when Vicky is sick in Chapter 5?

2. What color is the house that Francis takes Adah to in Chapter 3?

3. Who does Adah go to live with after her Pa dies?

4. Where was Adah born?

5. What do Adah's father's friends drink while they discuss Adah going to school in Chapter 1?

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