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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, how many children do the Nobles have?

2. Where is Mrs. Noble from?

3. What color are Mrs. Noble's eyes?

4. When do Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus was born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Why does Adah want to have her baby at home?

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

8. In Chapter 6, how does Adah disguise her voice when she calls to check on a room for rent on Hawley Street?

9. What does Adah learn about a woman on the ward in Chapter 9 who looks to be the age of Adah's mother?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Adah is told she cannot wear the hospital gown and has to get one of her own. Why is Adah told she cannot wear the hospital gown? Why is it difficult for her to get her own nightgown? What does the gown symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Adah does not have a support system in the U.K. What support system did Adah have in Nigeria? Why does she not have a support system in the U.K.? How is she affected by the lack of a support system?

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