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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 does the leader of the play group serve Adah in Chapter 10 before sending her home?
(a) Tea.
(b) Cookies and milk.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Bread and jam.

2. In Chapter 8, what nationality are the midwives who come for Adah?
(a) English and Greek.
(b) English and Italian.
(c) English and Asian.
(d) English and German.

3. What does Francis want to pay for a course to help him pass his Cost and Works accountancy examinations?
(a) 40 pounds.
(b) 35 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 25 pounds.

4. Where did Adah teach Sunday school in Lagos?
(a) Celestial Church of Christ.
(b) Apostolic Church.
(c) Living Faith Church.
(d) All Saints' Church.

5. In Chapter 11, what side effect does a West Indian woman have from the pill?
(a) Weight gain.
(b) Rash and itching.
(c) Depression.
(d) Mood swings and fatigue.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what color bird does Adah notice?

2. How many days after leaving the hospital does Adah take Titi to a play group?

3. How long was Vicky in the hospital?

4. How many days before Adah and Francis have to leave their room, does Adah suggest they talk to Mr. Noble?

5. What time do Adah and Francis go to look at rooms for rent in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Francis and Adah not get along with the others in the house where they live in Chapter 6?

2. In Chapter 11, why does Adah decide her marriage is finished?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 8, why does Adah think about when her baby is due, and when is Adah due to have her baby?

4. What do the other women in the hospital ward have that Ada does not in Chapter 9?

5. What happens when Adah and Francis go to look at a room in Chapter 6?

6. What is the birth of Adah's child like in Chapter 8, and what does she have?

7. What happened to the women who lived in Mr. Noble's house in a rent-controlled apartment?

8. Why does Adah not say goodbye to the other women when she leaves the hospital?

9. Why did some Nigerian men come to England in the late 1940s?

10. What work does Francis do and how does he complain in Chapter 10?

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