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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Big Man get his name?
(a) By being the biggest man in the village.
(b) By growing up the fattest boy in the village.
(c) By offering his apologies.
(d) By taking the most captives.

3. Why is Quey sent to England for school?
(a) Effia wants the family to move to London.
(b) Effia thinks her boy deserves the best education.
(c) James catches Quey and Cudjo drinking.
(d) James catches Quey and Cudjo in an erotic embrace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During what year does Quey's story take place?

2. Why does Ness continue to work in the fields?

3. How does Tansi comfort Esi?

4. What are the first English words that Sam speaks?

5. How does James Collins treat the female slaves?

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