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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. Where was Mr. Noble injured in a lift?

2. In Chapter 9, what nationality is the woman in bed eight?

3. Where does Adah find rooms that are for rent and do not say "no coloreds" in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 7, what color slippers is Mr. Noble wearing when Adah and Francis go to speak to him about renting a place?

5. In Chapter 9, what color nightgown does Francis buy Adah?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how does Adah feel when she takes Titi to a play group?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Francis do when he discovers that Adah has gotten birth control?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adah faces discrimination in Nigeria and in the U.K. Why does Adah experience discrimination in Nigeria? Why does she face discrimination in the U.K.? How does discrimination affect Adah’s life and interfere with her goals?

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

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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