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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. When Adah was 8, what town was welcoming the first lawyer there?

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

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

4. When does Miss Stirling say that there will be a nursery place for Titi in Chapter 5?

5. Where was Adah born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Adah's thoughts in Chapter 5 when she asks Francis to take the chldren to Trudy's and he complains?

3. What is the first job Adah gets, and how does she feel about her job?

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

5. In Chapter 5, how does Adah feel when she wakes, and why does she think she feels that way?

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

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

8. Why does Adah either not eat lunch or take a bolied egg to eat at work in Chapter 5?

9. Who is Mrs. Konrad?

10. What is Adah taught about Ibuza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Francis and Adah marry in Nigeria and emigrate to the U.K. What is the relationship between Francis and Adah? Why do they struggle in their marriage? Why does their marriage end?

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