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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Adah was 8, what town was welcoming the first lawyer there?
(a) Maiduguri.
(b) Ibuza.
(c) Abjua.
(d) Zaria.

2. What is Mr. Babalola supposed to be studying in the U.K.?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Management.
(d) Engineering.

3. In Chapter 5, what is the name of one of the girls at the library who is engaged to be married?
(a) Angela.
(b) Louisa.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Megan.

4. In Chapter 5, when Adah walks at lunch, what windows does she look into as she passes?
(a) Bookstores.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Clothing stores.
(d) Grocery stores.

5. How much does Adah pay the daily-minder to watch her children in Chapter 4?
(a) 6 pounds a week.
(b) 7 pounds a week.
(c) 5 pounds a week.
(d) 4 pounds a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what school does Boy go to?

2. In Chpater 3, what is Adah doing when the ship arrives in Liverpool?

3. In Chapter 3, what does a factory make that Adah sees on the train?

4. What is Adah's mother charged with when Adah disappears in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 5, how is Adah feeling when she wakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are most children of Nigerians cared for when their parents work?

2. What happens a few months after Adah starts school?

3. What does Adah do when she wants to go to school and no one will send her?

4. Why does Adah either not eat lunch or take a bolied egg to eat at work in Chapter 5?

5. How does Adah get the money to take the entrance examination for the Methodist Girls' High School, and what does she pay for her theft?

6. What does Adah come to think about her birthplace?

7. What is the first job Adah gets, and how does she feel about her job?

8. What is Liverpool like when Adah sees it from her ship in Chapter 3?

9. Why is Adah concerned in Chapter 4 when Titi stops talking, and how does she learn why Titi does not speak?

10. What did Pa's mother promise when she was dying, and who does she return as?

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