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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 many days before Adah and Francis have to leave their room, does Adah suggest they talk to Mr. Noble?

2. How many housecoats does the woman have who is in bed eight in Chapter 9?

3. What does Francis want to pay for a course to help him pass his Cost and Works accountancy examinations?

4. What job did Mr. Noble have to take when he ran out of money for his education?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, when did a group of men come to England who were well educated and believed colonialism would end?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Adah want to have her baby at home?

2. In Chapter 6, what news do Francis and Adah receive in a letter?

3. When and where does Adah take a bath and why?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, why does Adah think about when her baby is due, and when is Adah due to have her baby?

5. Why does Adah decide not to get the Pill for birth control?

6. In Chapter 6, how does Adah disguise her voice when she calls to check on a room for rent on Hawley Street?

7. What happens when Adah goes to work in Chapter 8?

8. Why do Francis and Adah not get along with the others in the house where they live in Chapter 6?

9. What does the woman at the playgroup say and do when Adah arrives in Chapter 10?

10. Why does Adah not say goodbye to the other women when she leaves the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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

A spoiler in literature is an element in a story that may reveal plot elements. What are some titles of chapters? How do those titles indicate what will happen in a chapter? Are the chapter titles spoilers?

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