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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) Mrs. Noble.
(b) Adah's boss at the North Finchley Library.
(c) Nurses at the hospital.
(d) Francis's parents.

2. In Chapter 9, what does Adah see in a white, clear bottle that is connected to her arm?
(a) Soot.
(b) Pink solution.
(c) Blood.
(d) Brown solution.

3. Where is Mrs. Noble from?
(a) Cheltenham.
(b) Leicester.
(c) Northampton.
(d) Birmingham.

4. What day of the week does Adah go to the public bath at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what color dress does Titi wear to Mrs. Noble's tea party?

2. How much would Adah get in Chapter 8 if she had her baby at home?

3. In Chapter 10, what time does the woman who runs the play group offer to bring Titi home?

4. How long was Vicky in the hospital?

5. In Chapter 8, what is the date when the railway workers strike and Adah goes home instead of to work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What trap did Mr. Noble fall into when he bought a house in Wiles Road?

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

6. In Chapter 10, how does Adah feel when she takes Titi to a play group?

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

8. Why did Mr. Noble not suceed and get an education?

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

10. Why does Adah decide not to get the Pill for birth control?

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