Homegoing Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 26:

1.

Why is it significant that Amani, the woman with whom Sonny gets involved, is a singer? (from Part 2, Chapter 4)

His father, Eli, was also a singer.

His grandmother, Abena, was also a singer.

His father, H, was also a singer.

His mother, Willie, was also a singer.

2.

Why do you think Willie resents Carson being given the nickname “Sonny”? (from Part 2, Chapter 3)

She thinks that being given a nickname by a man devalues the relationship she has with Carson as his mother.

She thinks Robert is not enough of a good father figure to call anyone “Sonny.”

She thinks Carson is too much of a grownup to be given such a childish nickname.

She thinks Eli is not enough of a good father figure to call anyone “Sonny.”

3.

Who is Esther? (from Part 2, Chapter 4)

A servant whom Yaw finds outstandingly beautiful, and whom he falls in love with.

A servant of Akua’s in whom she confides about her desire to be forgiven by her son.

A servant whom Yaw initially finds unattractive, and whom he eventually falls in love with.

A servant of his mother’s whom Yaw finds unattractive, but whom he eventually falls in love with.

4.

When Willie refers to white people putting black men in coal mines, what particular experience is she probably referring to? (from Part 2, Chapter 5)

Her own experience working as a virtual slave as a cook at a coal mine.

The experience of her father (H) working as a virtual slave in a coal mine.

The experience of her grandfather (Kojo) working as a virtual slave in a coal mine.

Her own experience working as a virtual slave / housekeeper in a coal-mining white family.

5.

Why is Esi unable to retrieve her stone? (from Part 1, Chapter 2)

She discovers that one of the other women in the dungeon has stolen it.

She discovers that it is not where she thought she had buried it.

She is taken out of the dungeon before she has a chance to collect it.

She is taken out of the dungeon before she has a chance to remember where it is.

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