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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 long does Bamidele's wife say he is traveling in Chapter 16?

2. How many brothers does Bamidele have?

3. In Chapter 16, how long does Adunni remember that a farmer Lamidi was flogged?

4. What does Big Madam want Koki to bring her at the end of Chapter 24?

5. In Chapter 7, how old does Adunni believe that the youngest of Morufu's children is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 22, what does Kola tell Adunni about working?

2. Where are Morufu, Labake, and Kike going in Chapter 13, and how are they dressed?

3. What madness has Adunni seen in Morufu by the time she has been in his house nearly four weeks?

4. Why does Kike wish she was a man?

5. How does Kola decide to help Adunni?

6. How does Adunni get time to see her friends and her brother in Chapter 11?

7. Who does Adunni remember came to visit her mother two years ago?

8. How does Adunni get to Iya's place?

9. How does Enitan feel about marriage, and why no one asks her father to marry her?

10. What is Morufu's room like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adunni leaves her village under difficult circumstances. Why does Adunni leave her village under difficult circumstances? Why does she have mixed feelings about leaving?

Essay Topic 2

Big Madam and Big Daddy have a strained relationship. Why do Big Madam and Big Daddy have a strained relationship? How does Big Daddy abuse Big Madam?

Essay Topic 3

Adunni is 14 when she is forced to marry an older man. Are forced marriages common in rural villages in Nigeria? How does the marriage thwart Adunni’s plans and her mother’s hopes for her?

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