Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-9

Reading Check

1. What does Adunni dream of becoming?

2. What does Adunni’s mother make her father promise not to do to Adunni?

3. How does Morufu see himself?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What is at stake for Adunni if she marries, and why does Enitan not show sympathy?

2. Why is Adunni proud of being in school despite being teased for being older than the other children?

3. What does it mean to have a “louding voice,” and to what extent does Adunni already have a “louding voice” in the making?

Paired Resource

“‘He Bought Me Like a Chicken’: The Struggle To End Slavery in Niger”

• Though focused on issues of child brides in bordering Niger, this article from The Guardian directly connects forced childhood marriage to slavery and trafficking, and it examines the factors that allow this form of modern slavery to exist.
• Shared themes include How Individuals Find the Strength to Overcome Unimaginable Trauma.
• In what ways do the article and Adunni’s situation illuminate the social attitudes and economic realities that lead to child marriage arrangements? How do they each make compelling arguments as to how such arrangements impact survivors?