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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what year does Quey's story take place?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1799.
(d) 1999.

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

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

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

5. Why does Maame try to refuse a house servant?
(a) She is opposed to slavery.
(b) She wants Esi to learn to clean.
(c) She was once a slave herself.
(d) She likes to clean her own house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Effia's real mother?

2. Why are James and his parents going to the funeral of Osei Bonsu?

3. When a man wants to marry a village girl, what is a gift he does NOT offer the family?

4. What kind of Mother is Effia to Quey?

5. When was James born?

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