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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After both father figures walked out on the family, what living conditions do Willie, Sonny, and Josephine NOT face?
(a) Squatting in Willie's mother's boss's house.
(b) The risk of homelessness.
(c) A bigger, better apartment for themselves.
(d) Cramped conditions with up to forty people.

2. Who are Willie's parents?
(a) Esi and an unnamed man.
(b) Ness and Sam.
(c) Anna and Kojo.
(d) H and Ethe.

3. How old was H when the slaves were emancipated?
(a) An infant.
(b) An elderly man.
(c) About 13.
(d) About 20.

4. How long does it take Yaw to realize he is in love with Esther?
(a) Five months.
(b) Five years.
(c) A decade.
(d) A single moment.

5. What is something Marcus would not HAVE to mention in his dissertation?
(a) The Great Migration.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Drug addiction.

6. What is NOT one of the rumors regarding Yaw's scars?
(a) Yaw scarred himself to have something to discuss in class.
(b) Yaw is cursed by the gods.
(c) Yaw is made of fire.
(d) Yaw's scars are from one of the many Asante wars.

7. Where do Marjorie and Old Lady's best talks occur?
(a) At Marjorie's apartment in Huntsville, Alabama.
(b) On the phone at night.
(c) On the beach in Cape Coast.
(d) At Old Lady's house in Edweso.

8. What does Willie mean when she tells Sonny, "Keep doin' what you doin' and the white man don't got to do it no more" (263)?
(a) Sonny should return to Ghana.
(b) Sonny's heroin addiction is keeping him a slave.
(c) Sonny's work as a custodian is dead-end work.
(d) Sonny's work with the NAACP is hugely successful.

9. What is Yaw's occupation?
(a) History teacher.
(b) Union leader.
(c) Asante chief.
(d) Mine worker.

10. What gift does Akua NOT give to Yaw?
(a) A monetary inheritance.
(b) The necklace.
(c) A mother.
(d) Freedom that comes with forgiveness.

11. Why does Yaw not want to go to America to further his ideas for freedom of the Asante?
(a) He cannot afford to move and has no prospects for employment.
(b) He says it is better to start at home with ancestral lessons.
(c) He fears he is too old and that he will not be able to make the journey.
(d) He does not speak the language and he is afraid to learn.

12. What is the mistake made about Marjorie at the beginning of her chapter?
(a) She is mistaken for James.
(b) She is mistaken for Akosua.
(c) She is mistaken for a descendant of Effia.
(d) She is mistaken for a tourist.

13. How does Willie feel when she smiles at Robert on the street?
(a) As though she will die of sadness and despair.
(b) As though this smile will make him love her again.
(c) As though she might kill him for leaving her.
(d) As though she has forgiven him.

14. Why can Sonny not forgive his mother?
(a) Because she refuses to call him Sonny.
(b) Because he does not know his father.
(c) Because she is a maid.
(d) Because she is a drug addict.

15. Which is NOT a consequence of Robert's abandonment of the family?
(a) Willie has trouble making the rent.
(b) Willie meets Eli.
(c) Willie and Carson move a lot.
(d) Willie gets a job at the Jazzing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When we meet H, what is happening to him?

2. What is the daily coal quota each man must meet?

3. What injures Marcus's relationship with both parents?

4. What does "Abro ni" mean?

5. What job does Sonny end up with after quitting the NAACP?

(see the answer keys)

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