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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Esi's stone?
(a) She passes it to her daughter.
(b) She throws it into the ocean.
(c) She must leave it buried in the wall of the Castle.
(d) She carries it with her wherever she goes.

2. The novel opens in what place?
(a) Fanteland.
(b) Asante.
(c) Cape Coast Castle.
(d) The Ivory Coast.

3. What secret does Effia discover on her wedding night?
(a) Ghosts inhabiting the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) Humans kept captive under the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) James is not allowed in the Cape Coast Castle.
(d) No one can leave the Cape Coast Castle.

4. Abeeku says that, under his rule, the village will not work for the British. What does he claim they will do instead?
(a) Overthrow the British.
(b) Work with the British.
(c) Ignore the British.
(d) Become the British.

5. What do the unions NOT fight for from the mining companies?
(a) More vacation days.
(b) Better ventilation.
(c) Fewer hours.
(d) Better pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pinky's first word?

2. How do Big Man and his Asante village gain most of their power?

3. Why does Yaw consent to teaching the boys in English?

4. What catastrophe occurs the night Effia is born?

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

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