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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. What type of birth control does Adah get in Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 11, what color bird does Adah notice?

4. How much did the two white women who lived in Mr. Noble's house pay in rent?

5. In Chapter 10, what time does the woman who runs the play group offer to bring Titi home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 9, where does Adah wake, and what is it like?

3. What happens when Adah and Francis go to look at a room in Chapter 6?

4. What do the other women in the hospital ward have that Ada does not in Chapter 9?

5. 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?

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

7. Why did Mr. Noble not suceed and get an education?

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

9. What is the birth of Adah's child like in Chapter 8, and what does she have?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book is Second Class Citizen. How does the title relate to Adah’s status in society—in Nigeria and in the U.K.?

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