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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of James Collins's British wife?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Anne.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Emily.

2. 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.

3. Who is Quey's mother?
(a) Ness.
(b) Abronoma.
(c) Esi.
(d) Effia.

4. Why do the English men call their African wives "wenches?"
(a) They cannot pronounce the Fante for "wife."
(b) Their commanders teach them that rule.
(c) Their British women are their true wives.
(d) They do not care about the African women.

5. What catastrophe occurs the night Effia is born?
(a) A murder.
(b) A fire.
(c) A flood.
(d) An invasion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Esi in the soldier's quarters?

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

3. What was Ness's original name?

4. Whom does Fiifi capture and keep?

5. What does Maame reveal to Esi when the village is attacked?

(see the answer key)

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