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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who marries Effia?
(a) An unnamed British soldier.
(b) James Collins.
(c) Todd Phillips.
(d) An unnamed Fante man.

2. How is "all time equal" (30) in the dungeons?
(a) There are no windows and no light.
(b) The lights are kept on constantly.
(c) The slaves pass their time in joy and song.
(d) The slaves cannot tell time, so it does not matter.

3. What does Adwoa convince Effia to put under the bed to enhance fertility?
(a) White sheets.
(b) Large roots.
(c) Black clothes.
(d) Small stones.

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

5. When a man wants to marry a village girl, what is a gift he does NOT offer the family?
(a) Goats.
(b) Money.
(c) Yams.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Esi spit in Fiifi's face?

2. What happens to Esi's stone?

3. How does Tansi comfort Esi?

4. Esi is from what African tribe?

5. Why do the English men call their African wives "wenches?"

(see the answer key)

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