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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Amma's play that is opening in Chapter 1?
(a) The Last Amazon of Iberia.
(b) The Last Amazon of Dahomey.
(c) The Last Amazon of Ancient Greece.
(d) The Last Amazon of Nigeria.

2. What was the name of Bummi's mother?
(a) Anna.
(b) Lyatunde.
(c) Agatha.
(d) Kwabena.

3. What is Roland's last name?
(a) Quartey.
(b) Suba.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Wilson.

4. Amma and Dominique met at an audition for a film set where, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) A hedge fund.
(b) A preparatory school.
(c) A women's prison.
(d) A law firm.

5. What is Carole's last name?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Staniforth.
(c) Williams.
(d) Anderson.

6. Where was Amma's father working as a journalist before coming to London?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Algeria.

7. Where is Waris from?
(a) Wolverhampton.
(b) Islington.
(c) Deptford.
(d) Peckham.

8. Where was Dominique born?
(a) Leeds.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) London.
(d) Bristol.

9. What musical instrument does Lakshmi play?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Violin.
(d) Guitar.

10. Who was the owner of the building in King's Cross that let his tenants live there for free if they kept it up?
(a) Alexander Archibald.
(b) Jack Staniforth.
(c) Ross Anderson.
(d) Richard Birkins.

11. Where is Marcus's family from?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Nigeria.
(d) Kenya.

12. Who wrote The Joys of Motherhood?
(a) Jack Staniforth.
(b) Rose Harris.
(c) Andrew King.
(d) Buchi Emecheta.

13. How old is Yazz described as in Chapter 1?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 22.

14. What is the name of Freddy's mother?
(a) Pamela.
(b) Anna.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Marie.

15. In what tense is the narrative related?
(a) Past.
(b) Present.
(c) Future.
(d) Past perfect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Brian's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather?

2. What is Carole's favorite number?

3. What was the building called that Amma moved to at the back of King's Cross?

4. Where did Freddy tell Carole he was raised in a villa?

5. How old was Bummi's mother when her father chose her husband for her?

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