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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Willie feel when she smiles at Robert on the street?
(a) As though this smile will make him love her again.
(b) As though she might kill him for leaving her.
(c) As though she has forgiven him.
(d) As though she will die of sadness and despair.

2. As Esi is bound for the ship, how does she feel about the smile of any white man?
(a) As though it is a sign of terrible things to come.
(b) As though freedom might actually come.
(c) As though he might be able to help her.
(d) As though he might kill her.

3. What is the name of the witch doctor James sees to treat his impotence?
(a) Baaba.
(b) Mama Margaret.
(c) Mampanyin.
(d) Susan.

4. How does Ness protect Kojo?
(a) She tells the Devil the boy is dead.
(b) She sends the boy to live with his grandma.
(c) She leaves the boy on the plantation to be raised by Susann Stockham.
(d) She kills the boy herself.

5. Why do the Northerners begin to scar the faces of their children?
(a) To make them more attractive to the opposite sex.
(b) To instill respect for their elders.
(c) To show off their tribal art.
(d) To make them too ugly to be sold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has a marriage between James and Amma Atta been arranged?

2. Who are James's parents?

3. Why does Baaba begin beating Effia?

4. If the Gold Coast is like a pot of ground nut soup, what are the British?

5. How do the mine bosses replace the striking miners?

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