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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. In Chapter 8, when does the doctor think Adah will have her baby?

2. When Mr. Noble was asked to remove his trousers, what was he paid to do so?

3. In Chapter 8, what time does Adah have to be at the library?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Adah see in a white, clear bottle that is connected to her arm?

5. What lappa does Adah ask Francis to bring her in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What work does Francis do and how does he complain in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 11, why does Adah decide her marriage is finished?

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

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

5. What happened to the women who lived in Mr. Noble's house in a rent-controlled apartment?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some men emigrate from Nigeria to the U.K. in the late 1940s. Why do some Nigerian men immigrate to the U.K. in the late 1940s? What does the end of colonialism and the beginning of independence have to do with their decision?

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

Abuse can be physical, emotional, or both. How does Francis abuse Adah? Is the abuse he heaps on her physical, emotional, or both?

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