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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. What month do Adah and Francis go to talk to the Nobles about renting a place?
2. How long do Adah and Francis have to leave their apartment in Chapter 6?
3. Where did Adah teach Sunday school in Lagos?
4. Where does Mr. Noble say that he was born?
5. How long is Adah in the hospital after Bubu is born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Adah and Francis go to look at a room in Chapter 6?
2. In Chapter 10, how does Adah feel when she takes Titi to a play group?
3. When and where does Adah take a bath and why?
4. In Chapter 9, where does Adah wake, and what is it like?
5. What happens when Adah goes to work in Chapter 8?
6. 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?
7. Why does Adah want to have her baby at home?
8. Why did some Nigerian men come to England in the late 1940s?
9. Why does Adah not say goodbye to the other women when she leaves the hospital?
10. What is the birth of Adah's child like in Chapter 8, and what does she have?
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
In Chapter 8, Francis lectures Adah for not going to work. Why does Francis lecture Adah for not going to work? Is Francis being hypocritical when he accuses Adah of being lazy?
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