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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: "Sonny" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Freeman family stay in Baltimore?
(a) The children do not want to switch schools.
(b) Ma Aku begs them to stay.
(c) There are no jobs farther North.
(d) Anna is too pregnant to leave.

2. How long does Kojo wait for Anna to return before moving to New York?
(a) He never moves to New York.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Ten years.
(d) One year.

3. If the Gold Coast is like a pot of ground nut soup, what are the British?
(a) The vegetables.
(b) The broth.
(c) The fire.
(d) The meat.

4. How does Willie chastise Eli?
(a) She tells him people cannot eat poems.
(b) She tells him Robert was a better father.
(c) She refuses to let him come home.
(d) She makes him go to church.

5. How old was Akua when she first began to dream of the firewoman?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lesson does Esther teach Yaw?

2. What does the Devil do when he finds Sam and Ness?

3. Why does Big Man beat Abronoma?

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

5. Where does James flee when he pretends to be travelling with Effia?

(see the answer key)

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