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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 draws Yaw to Esther?
(a) She is a good cook.
(b) She is educated.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is everything he is not.

2. To what social movement does Mr. Mathison belong?
(a) Secessionism.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Civil Rights.
(d) Abolition.

3. Why does Fiifi want Quey to be his heir?
(a) Because Effia made him promise.
(b) Because he wants to get even with Effia.
(c) Because the son of a sister is seen as a closer relative than one's own son.
(d) Because he has no other children.

4. Why does Yaw not want to go to America to further his ideas for freedom of the Asante?
(a) He says it is better to start at home with ancestral lessons.
(b) He cannot afford to move and has no prospects for employment.
(c) He does not speak the language and he is afraid to learn.
(d) He fears he is too old and that he will not be able to make the journey.

5. Esi is from what African tribe?
(a) Ga.
(b) None, she is British.
(c) Fante.
(d) Asante.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baaba ask Effia to hide from everyone else?

2. Why does Aku introduce herself to Ness?

3. What does Yaw hope his book will prove?

4. What kind of Mother is Effia to Quey?

5. When a man wants to marry a village girl, what is a gift he does NOT offer the family?

(see the answer key)

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