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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. Where was Adah born?
2. How many trips does Adah have to make to fill the water container when she lives on Pike Street?
3. After Adah's brother goes to school, what school does she decide to attend?
4. In Chapter 1, what school does Boy go to?
5. Who is the father of Janet's baby when Mr. Babalola meets her?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Mrs. Konrad?
2. What did Pa's mother promise when she was dying, and who does she return as?
3. How are most children of Nigerians cared for when their parents work?
4. What happens a few months after Adah starts school?
5. What happened to Adah's family after her father died?
6. What are Adah's thoughts in Chapter 5 when she asks Francis to take the chldren to Trudy's and he complains?
7. Why does Adah not know for sure how old she is, and how does she estimate her age?
8. Why does Adah either not eat lunch or take a bolied egg to eat at work in Chapter 5?
9. Where does Adah get a job, and why is her husband worried about her taking the job?
10. What is Adah taught about Ibuza?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Adah, Francis, and their children live in a house with other Nigerians when they first come to the U.K. How are Adah, Frances, and their children treated? What does jealousy have to do with the way they are treated?
Essay Topic 2
After Dada is born, Adah goes to a clinic for birth control. Why does Adah decide she needs birth control? Why does she have to forge Francis’s signature to get birth control? What does Francis say when he learns she has gotten birth control? What does her pursuit of birth control reveal about sexism?
Essay Topic 3
Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of Second-Class Citizen, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?
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