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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did LaTisha's father go after he left his wife and children?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) London.

2. What does Amma recall doing to a theare director whose show featured semi-naked black women running on stage acting like idiots?
(a) Slandering him through a newspaper.
(b) Pouring a beer over his head.
(c) Having him evicted.
(d) Hitting him with her car.

3. Who among Carole's childhood friends "had a side line at school as a supplier of ecstasy" (128)?
(a) Dominique.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Chloe.
(d) LaTisha.

4. Who was Penelope Halifax's second husband?
(a) Phillip.
(b) Michael.
(c) Jack.
(d) Alexander.

5. Where did Bummi earn her degree from the Department of Mathematics?
(a) The University of London.
(b) The University of Ibadan.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) The University of Cairo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Marcus's family from?

2. In the opening of Chapter 2, Carole is heading to a meeting with a new client that is based where?

3. What is Carole's last name?

4. What is Amma's mother's name?

5. What is the name of Amma's play that is opening in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Amma's career trajectory. Where is she in her career as the novel opens?

2. How are Carole's and LaTisha's circumstances similar?

3. What circumstances led up to Bummi's immigration to England?

4. What is significant about Amma's play that is opening in Chapter 1? What is the play about?

5. How is Freddy described? How is he different than Carole?

6. What is the Republic of Freedomia? How is it described?

7. How would you describe the relationship between Amma and Dominique? How did they meet?

8. How would you describe Yazz's relationship with Roland?

9. Under what circumstances did Dominique meet Nzinga?

10. How is Bummi's relationship with Sister Omofe described?

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