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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. How many stepsons does the woman in bed 11 have?

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

3. What type of birth control does Adah get in Chapter 11?

4. How often does Mr. Noble say that he ate meat when he lived in Nigeria?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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

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?

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