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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Big Man beat Abronoma?
(a) She will not clean.
(b) She spills the water.
(c) She is disrespectful to Maame.
(d) She trips Esi.

2. What happens to Esi in the soldier's quarters?
(a) He kisses her kindly and offers her water.
(b) He threatens her with a whip and rapes her.
(c) He tells her he wants to take her to America.
(d) Several soldiers take her black stone.

3. How is Esi captured by the warrior?
(a) He shoots her with a British gun.
(b) He throws rocks at her until she falls from the tree.
(c) He sets the tree on fire and waits for her to come down.
(d) He catches her in a net.

4. Why does Abeeku give up on marrying Effia?
(a) He thinks she is cursed.
(b) She makes him angry.
(c) He no longer loves her.
(d) She tells him she does not love him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Esi is bound for the ship, how does she feel about the smile of any white man?

2. What is special about Millicent?

3. What is Abeeku's nickname for Effia?

4. How does Big Man get his name?

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

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