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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. In Chapter 10, who sends Adah a package for Christmas?
(a) Nurses at the hospital.
(b) Adah's boss at the North Finchley Library.
(c) Francis's parents.
(d) Mrs. Noble.

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

3. How much did the two white women who lived in Mr. Noble's house pay in rent?
(a) Less than a pound a week.
(b) 3 pounds a week.
(c) 2 pounds a week.
(d) A little more than a pound a week.

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

5. When does Adah think her baby will be born in Chapter 8?
(a) End of November.
(b) Middle of November.
(c) Middle of December.
(d) Beginning of December.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what side effect does a West Indian woman have from the pill?

2. In Chapter 7, what color slippers is Mr. Noble wearing when Adah and Francis go to speak to him about renting a place?

3. What color coat is Adah wearing in Chapter 7?

4. What time of day does Adah talk to Francis about renting from Mr. Noble?

5. In Chapter 9, what color cardigan do Adah's co-workers buy her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Adah goes to work in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 6, how does Adah disguise her voice when she calls to check on a room for rent on Hawley Street?

3. What does Adah learn about a woman on the ward in Chapter 9 who looks to be the age of Adah's mother?

4. In Chapter 6, what news do Francis and Adah receive in a letter?

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

6. When and where does Adah take a bath and why?

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

8. In Chapter 10, how does Adah have Christmas presents for her chldren, and what does each child get?

9. 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?

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

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