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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. What is Adah's mother charged with when Adah disappears in Chapter 1?
(a) Assault.
(b) Emotional abuse.
(c) Child neglect.
(d) Child abuse.

2. What is the name of the daily-minder Adah finds for her children in Chapter 4?
(a) Ally.
(b) Molly.
(c) Trudy.
(d) Lucy.

3. What is the month in Chapter 3?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) April.

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

5. Who is the father of Janet's baby when Mr. Babalola meets her?
(a) West Indian.
(b) Somalian.
(c) Ethiopian.
(d) Kenyan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what is the name of one of the girls at the library who is engaged to be married?

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

3. When does Miss Stirling say that there will be a nursery place for Titi in Chapter 5?

4. How much does Adah pay the daily-minder to watch her children in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 2, how long does Adah tell her mother-in-law she would stay in the United Kingdom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Adah's thoughts in Chapter 5 when she asks Francis to take the chldren to Trudy's and he complains?

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

3. Who is Mrs. Konrad?

4. Where does Adah get a job, and why is her husband worried about her taking the job?

5. Why does Adah get up at 4:30 a.m.?

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

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

8. What happens to Adah's mother when Adah goes to school?

9. What happened to Adah's family after her father died?

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

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