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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. What type of car picks up Tia and Adunni to take them to the market in Chapter 41?

2. What do some Nigerians believe should be attached to a pregnant woman's clothing to ward off evil spirits?

3. In Chapter 31, what is Tia wearing?

4. What language does Tia wish she could speak?

5. Where did Tia and Ken get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Adunni's work schedule?

2. In Chapter 31, where does Big Madam say that she will be traveling, and what are her instructions for Adunni when she is gone?

3. What happens when Adunni is serving food at Big Madam's party in Chapter 29?

4. Why is Big Madam away in Chapter 47?

5. What does Kofi say about Big Daddy?

6. In Chapter 44, what happened when Big Madam discovered that someone used the downstairs toilet and did not flush well?

7. What does Tia's mother-in-law say about the fertility ritual?

8. Why did Tia move back to Nigeria?

9. Who visits Adunni in her room in Chapter 34?

10. What happens when Tia is taken for a fertility bath?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 people?

Essay Topic 2

How does Labake treat Adunni? What role does jealously have in her actions?

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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