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

2. Which river goddess do Pa and his friends toast for not allowing Lawyer Nweze to go astray?

3. What month is it in Chapter 5?

4. Who does Adah go to live with after her Pa dies?

5. When Francis goes to the United Kingdom, how much is Adah to send him monthly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Adah's mother when Adah goes to school?

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

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

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

10. What is Liverpool like when Adah sees it from her ship in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adah does not have a support system in the U.K. What support system did Adah have in Nigeria? Why does she not have a support system in the U.K.? How is she affected by the lack of a support system?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

A character foil helps reveal other characters' motivations and actions. How do Bill and Mr. Okpara serve as character foils to Francis?

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