This question is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen. Adah's disappointment is in the overwhelming

Analyze the question: The question asks what Adah is disappointed about in Second Class Citizen, specifically something "overwhelming" in England.

Concept (background to the novel): Adah is a Nigerian woman who dreams of England as a land of opportunity, education and respect. Before she leaves, she imagines "the UK" as a place of promise. When she arrives with her children to join her husband Francis, she finds a very different reality.

Working through it:

• Freedom for the blacks (A): Adah does not find freedom. She faces restrictions in housing, work and social life, so this is not the source of her disappointment.
• Reception of the blacks (B): This is partly true, since the welcome is cold. But it is too narrow and not the central theme.
• Recognition given the blacks (C): Lack of recognition is a consequence, but it is not the main issue.
• Discrimination against the blacks (D): This is the dominant experience. Landlords refuse to rent to blacks ("no coloureds"), and Adah is treated as inferior, as a "second class citizen." The title itself points to this. She is also treated as inferior by Francis and by his family. The word "overwhelming" fits the pervasive racial prejudice she meets.

Answer: The overwhelming discrimination against black people is what shatters her expectations of England.

Tip: For JAMB literature questions, link the answer to the title and central theme. Second Class Citizen is about discrimination (racial and gender), so any option reflecting that theme is usually the strongest choice.