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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what does Vicky refuse to eat?

2. What is the name of the daily-minder Adah finds for her children in Chapter 4?

3. Where is the toilet in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 3, where does Francis want Adah to get a job?

5. Who is the father of Janet's baby when Mr. Babalola meets her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Konrad?

2. How does Adah get the money to take the entrance examination for the Methodist Girls' High School, and what does she pay for her theft?

3. What type of accommodations does Francis have for his family when they arrive from Nigeria?

4. In Chapter 5, when Vicky goes to the hospital, what does being at the hospital mean to Adah, and how does she feel about having her son there?

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

6. What happens a few months after Adah starts school?

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

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

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

10. Why does Adah not know for sure how old she is, and how does she estimate her age?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adah decides that the U.K. would provide better opportunities for her and her children than they can have in Nigeria. What does Adah think living in the U.K. will be like? How does reality change her expectations?

Essay Topic 2

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters?

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