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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ness's name short for?
(a) Simpleness.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Goodness.

2. Why is Quey chosen to come work in the Fante village?
(a) Because he is personal friends with Abeeku Badu.
(b) Because he is the son of a chief.
(c) Because he is destined to marry a girl there.
(d) Because of his parents' relationship with the village and the slave trade.

3. Who has raised Kojo since his parents failed to escape?
(a) Effia.
(b) Maame.
(c) Mr. Mathison.
(d) Ma Aku.

4. What is Pinky's first word?
(a) Momma.
(b) Ness.
(c) TimTam.
(d) Daddy.

5. After working in the slave trade, how does Quey view his father?
(a) With more respect and admiration.
(b) With violence and bitterness.
(c) With confusion and anger.
(d) With kindness and generosity.

6. Why does Big Man beat Abronoma?
(a) She trips Esi.
(b) She is disrespectful to Maame.
(c) She will not clean.
(d) She spills the water.

7. Who is Quey's first friend?
(a) Abeeku.
(b) Kojo.
(c) Cudjo.
(d) Fiifi.

8. What was Ness's original name?
(a) Nana.
(b) Esi.
(c) Maame.
(d) Effia.

9. What are the first English words that Sam speaks?
(a) I love you.
(b) Please and thank you.
(c) I do.
(d) I'm sorry.

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

11. How does Quey impress Cudjo?
(a) He beats the boy in a wrestling match.
(b) He speaks to the boy in English.
(c) He shows the boy the arsenal of the Castle.
(d) He shares his toys with the boy.

12. What warning does James offer the children who are celebrating the death of the British Governor?
(a) Once the Northerners are defeated, peace will come to the British.
(b) Once the British defeat the Asantes, they will come after the Fantes.
(c) The British will retaliate and ruin the village.
(d) Once the Asantes defeat the British, they will come after the Fantes.

13. What new crop does Ohene Nyarko use to bring prosperity back to the village.
(a) Cocoa.
(b) Beans.
(c) Palm.
(d) Yams.

14. What does Adwoa convince Effia to put under the bed to enhance fertility?
(a) White sheets.
(b) Small stones.
(c) Black clothes.
(d) Large roots.

15. What secret does Effia discover on her wedding night?
(a) Humans kept captive under the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) Ghosts inhabiting the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) James is not allowed in the Cape Coast Castle.
(d) No one can leave the Cape Coast Castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Abeeku says that, under his rule, the village will not work for the British. What does he claim they will do instead?

2. How does Esi attempt to befriend Abronoma?

3. Where has Ness NOT been a slave?

4. What kind of Mother is Effia to Quey?

5. As Esi is bound for the ship, how does she feel about the smile of any white man?

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