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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. At the beginning of Chapter 7, when did a group of men come to England who were well educated and believed colonialism would end?
3. In Chapter 9, what color nightgown does Francis buy Adah?
4. What nationality is a woman associate of the surgeon in Chapter 9?
5. In Chapter 10, what color dress does Titi wear to Mrs. Noble's tea party?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Francis do when he discovers that Adah has gotten birth control?
2. What does the woman at the playgroup say and do when Adah arrives in Chapter 10?
3. Why did some Nigerian men come to England in the late 1940s?
4. What happens when Adah and Francis go to look at a room in Chapter 6?
5. Why did Mr. Noble not suceed and get an education?
6. What is the birth of Adah's child like in Chapter 8, and what does she have?
7. In Chapter 6, how does Adah disguise her voice when she calls to check on a room for rent on Hawley Street?
8. Why does Adah want to have her baby at home?
9. Why does Adah decide not to get the Pill for birth control?
10. In Chapter 9, where does Adah wake, and what is it like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters?
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