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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event at school does Belinda miss after she finds out the bad news about Mary?
(a) A final exam.
(b) An on-demand essay.
(c) A practice test.
(d) A volleyball game.

2. In what location is Belinda when she starts imagining Amma having sex with another young woman?
(a) At Harrods.
(b) In the Otuos' kitchen.
(c) School.
(d) In Amma's bedroom.

3. Mary is upset when Belinda waits how many days after the party to call her at Aunty and Uncle's house?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 7,
(d) 5.

4. What spectacle does Belinda get to witness for the first time on the holiday celebration depicted in Chapter 24?
(a) Trapeze artists.
(b) A beach volleyball game.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Synchronized swimming.

5. What object does one of the two young Jamaican women on the bus wave around as she shouts?
(a) A camera.
(b) A lollipop.
(c) A can of pepper spray.
(d) A knife.

6. What is the name of Amma's teddy bear?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Antony.
(c) Langston.
(d) Huey.

7. Belinda describes Mary as "a friend who has a very big" what "inside of her" (146)?
(a) Void.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Light.
(d) Heart.

8. Amma cries in Chapter 30 when she witnesses what sight?
(a) Belinda's headwrap.
(b) Mary's dress.
(c) Belinda's smile.
(d) Belinda's dress.

9. On what television show had Nana watched the onscreen kiss while unknowingly being observed by Amma?
(a) Brookside.
(b) Fawlty Towers.
(c) Footballers' Wives.
(d) Coronation Street.

10. What is the meaning of the Ghanaian phrase "me boa" (134) that Nana uses when she elicits a promise?
(a) I surrender.
(b) I plead.
(c) I ask.
(d) I lie.

11. What is NOT an ability, quality, or element Amma considers to be interesting when found in humans?
(a) Being able to speak Yoruba and Cantonese.
(b) Being able to speak Cantonese and Finnish.
(c) Being able to recite all of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
(d) Being gay.

12. Amma comes home in Chapter 30 to find which character standing at the end of the hallway in mourning clothes?
(a) Nana.
(b) Dr. Otuo.
(c) Aunty.
(d) Uncle.

13. How many layers is Belinda wearing on the day when Amma makes fun of Belinda's amount of clothing?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

14. What adjective does Belinda mentally use to describe the promise Nana forcibly elicits from her?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Easy.
(c) Kind.
(d) Difficult.

15. When Belinda is finished with a household task in Chapter 28, what action does she take before going to fetch Amma?
(a) She faints.
(b) She cries.
(c) She shouts.
(d) She sneezes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the weather in London does Belinda find most distressing?

2. Who wakes Belinda in Chapter 32 so that she can answer a phone call from London?

3. The part of Housegirl entitled Autumn begins in the third week of which month?

4. Which two characters do not speak to one another at all during the span between Chapters 24 and 25?

5. For how many days do Amma and Belinda stay home sick when they are struck with the same malady at once?

(see the answer keys)

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