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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much is H able to earn monthly in the mines in Pratt City?
(a) $10.
(b) $40.
(c) $19.
(d) $5.

2. What happens to Esi in the soldier's quarters?
(a) He kisses her kindly and offers her water.
(b) He threatens her with a whip and rapes her.
(c) He tells her he wants to take her to America.
(d) Several soldiers take her black stone.

3. What prompts the Asante men to go to war with the British Colony?
(a) The fact that their pride has been injured.
(b) The fact that the women are calling for battle.
(c) The fact that the British have declared war.
(d) The fact that King Prempeh I has been sold into slavery.

4. What national law is passed the day of Timmy and Agnes's wedding?
(a) The Emancipation Proclamation.
(b) The 21st Amendment.
(c) The Fugitive Slave Act.
(d) The Equal Rights Act.

5. When we meet H, what is happening to him?
(a) He is being chained by several policemen.
(b) He is walking away from the plantation as a free man.
(c) He is working to meet the mine quota.
(d) He is cheating on Ethe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Mr. Stockham a benevolent master?

2. What do the Edweso people treat Akua as a result of her choice not to talk?

3. How did Robert and Willie meet?

4. In the summer of 1964, what is going on in Harlem?

5. What is Ness's name short for?

(see the answer key)

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