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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: "Sonny" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Akua when she first began to dream of the firewoman?
(a) 40.
(b) 16.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

2. How does Akosua treat James at their first meeting?
(a) She spits in his face.
(b) She refuses to shake his hand.
(c) She bows to her leader.
(d) She claims to be a princess.

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

4. What have the British done to King Prempeh I?
(a) Provided him with more power.
(b) Blackmailed him into obeying them.
(c) Exiled him.
(d) Killed him.

5. What part of Akua's body does she claim is "growing"?
(a) Her ear.
(b) Her feet.
(c) Her belly.
(d) Her mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the most common reason a person could end up a slave?

2. Who is Effia's real mother?

3. What is Abeeku's nickname for Effia?

4. Why does Yaw not want to go to America to further his ideas for freedom of the Asante?

5. Why does Ness want to run away?

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