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

2. In Chapter 6, where does Adah have to get water from?

3. What is the name of Adah's doctor in Chapter 8?

4. In Chapter 6, how far do Adah and Francis walk to look at rooms for rent?

5. How do Adah and Francis go home from the hospital in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did some Nigerian men come to England in the late 1940s?

10. In Chapter 10, how does Adah have Christmas presents for her chldren, and what does each child get?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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