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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Esi spend her fifteenth birthday?
(a) The slave dungeon of the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) At a quiet dinner on Big Man's Compound.
(c) At a large party with her family and friends.
(d) Working on a plantation with other slaves.

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

5. How does Tansi comfort Esi?
(a) By telling her stories of Anansi and the kente cloth.
(b) By singing songs in Twi.
(c) By brushing Esi's hair.
(d) By telling her that the soldiers will kill them if they are loud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is special about Millicent?

2. What catastrophe occurs the night Effia is born?

3. How does Esi split her life into two halves?

4. What does Esi learn from Abronoma about Maame's past?

5. The novel opens in what place?

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