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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 does Adah go to secondary school?

2. In Chapter 2, how many strokes does Cousin Vincent punish Adah with a cane?

3. How long has Adah been in the U.K. when she starts work?

4. In Chapter 4, when does Adah begin work?

5. In Chapter 1, what does Mr. Cole get Adah to eat after her first day at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 3, what is the train ride to London like for Adah and her family?

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

4. How are most children of Nigerians cared for when their parents work?

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

6. What did Pa's mother promise when she was dying, and who does she return as?

7. What happened to Adah's family after her father died?

8. 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?

9. What is Adah taught about Ibuza?

10. How does Adah persuade her mother-in-law to allow her to go to the United Kingdom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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