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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Baltimore represent for the black men there?
(a) A warzone that has been overtaken.
(b) The North, where all dreams could come true.
(c) A place where one could choose his or her identity.
(d) A home that is beautiful and affluent.

2. Why do the Northerners begin to scar the faces of their children?
(a) To show off their tribal art.
(b) To make them more attractive to the opposite sex.
(c) To instill respect for their elders.
(d) To make them too ugly to be sold.

3. Why do the English men call their African wives "wenches?"
(a) They cannot pronounce the Fante for "wife."
(b) Their British women are their true wives.
(c) Their commanders teach them that rule.
(d) They do not care about the African women.

4. What happens to Esi in the soldier's quarters?
(a) He kisses her kindly and offers her water.
(b) He threatens her with a whip and rapes her.
(c) He tells her he wants to take her to America.
(d) Several soldiers take her black stone.

5. How have Kojo and Anna named their children?
(a) By their African ancestry.
(b) By the letters of the alphabet.
(c) By the states in the union.
(d) By the constellations.

6. Where does Esi spend her fifteenth birthday?
(a) The slave dungeon of the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) At a large party with her family and friends.
(c) Working on a plantation with other slaves.
(d) At a quiet dinner on Big Man's Compound.

7. As Esi is bound for the ship, how does she feel about the smile of any white man?
(a) As though freedom might actually come.
(b) As though he might kill her.
(c) As though it is a sign of terrible things to come.
(d) As though he might be able to help her.

8. What does Mampanyin claim is her magic?
(a) She provides the conversation with Nyame.
(b) She provides dancing and spirits.
(c) She provides roots and symbols that are magic.
(d) She provides people with the permission to act.

9. Where does Kojo Freeman live?
(a) Baltimore, Maryland.
(b) Jackson, Mississippi.
(c) Montgomery, Alabama.
(d) New Orleans, Louisiana.

10. What secret does Effia discover on her wedding night?
(a) Ghosts inhabiting the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) No one can leave the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) Humans kept captive under the Cape Coast Castle.
(d) James is not allowed in the Cape Coast Castle.

11. How does Ness protect Kojo?
(a) She kills the boy herself.
(b) She sends the boy to live with his grandma.
(c) She leaves the boy on the plantation to be raised by Susann Stockham.
(d) She tells the Devil the boy is dead.

12. How does Esi split her life into two halves?
(a) Time with Big Man and Time with Maame.
(b) Before the Castle and Now.
(c) Before her marriage and Now.
(d) Before her birthday and after.

13. What are the first English words that Sam speaks?
(a) I'm sorry.
(b) Please and thank you.
(c) I love you.
(d) I do.

14. To what social movement does Mr. Mathison belong?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Abolition.
(c) Secessionism.
(d) Civil Rights.

15. The novel opens in what place?
(a) Fanteland.
(b) The Ivory Coast.
(c) Cape Coast Castle.
(d) Asante.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Abena's parents?

2. What is James's full name?

3. Why does Baaba begin beating Effia?

4. Akosua mentions some new tribes and countries that are involved in the slave trade. What are they?

5. Why does Fiifi claim to keep trading with multiple groups?

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