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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 is James's nickname?
(a) Unlucky.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Unsteady.
(d) Goat.

2. Which of the following is a death that makes Sonny feel hopeless?
(a) The barber, who is Sonny's friend.
(b) John F. Kennedy, who was president.
(c) Rosa Jordan, who was pregnant.
(d) Abraham Lincoln, who was president.

3. Why does Willie insist they move to Harlem?
(a) They have high-paying jobs waiting for them.
(b) Lil Joe has found them a great apartment.
(c) She knows Robert cannot work in the mines.
(d) She wants to sing in the jazz clubs.

4. Why does Sonny ironically wish for more segregation in America?
(a) He wishes for the days of Jim Crow.
(b) Everywhere he goes, he is reminded of the inequality he faces.
(c) His employment options are better with segregation.
(d) He wants America to become more like Ghana.

5. What does Quey's Uncle Fiifi always call him?
(a) My son.
(b) My child.
(c) Poor boy.
(d) White boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Quey sent to England for school?

2. Who are Sonny's birth parents?

3. Why can Sonny not forgive his mother?

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

5. What is the daily coal quota each man must meet?

(see the answer key)

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