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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 did the two white women die who lived in Mr. Noble's house?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1964-65.
(d) 1962-63.
2. At the beginning of Chapter 7, when did a group of men come to England who were well educated and believed colonialism would end?
(a) 1948.
(b) Early 1950s.
(c) Late 1940s.
(d) 1957.
3. Where did Mr. Noble buy a house?
(a) Whitecross Place.
(b) Willes Road.
(c) Talbot Court.
(d) Vine Street.
4. What color are Mrs. Noble's eyes?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.
5. What lappa does Adah ask Francis to bring her in Chapter 9?
(a) The blue one.
(b) One that says Nigerian Independence, 1960.
(c) The red one.
(d) The one that has a map of Nigeria.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many stepsons does the woman in bed 11 have?
2. In Chapter 6, where does Adah have to get water from?
3. In Chapter 10, what time does the woman who runs the play group offer to bring Titi home?
4. Where do Adah and Francis sit at the Nobles when they come to inquire about renting a place?
5. What type of potatoes does Mrs. Noble say that her children like?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In Chapter 6, what news do Francis and Adah receive in a letter?
3. In Chapter 11, why does Adah decide her marriage is finished?
4. What does the woman at the playgroup say and do when Adah arrives in Chapter 10?
5. Why did some Nigerian men come to England in the late 1940s?
6. When and where does Adah take a bath and why?
7. In Chapter 6, how does Adah disguise her voice when she calls to check on a room for rent on Hawley Street?
8. In Chapter 9, where does Adah wake, and what is it like?
9. What happened to the women who lived in Mr. Noble's house in a rent-controlled apartment?
10. What happens when Adah and Francis go to look at a room in Chapter 6?
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