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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Ness and Sam marry?
(a) They are in need of protection.
(b) They are forced by the Devil.
(c) They are compelled by love.
(d) They have no family.

2. Who marries Effia?
(a) An unnamed British soldier.
(b) Todd Phillips.
(c) An unnamed Fante man.
(d) James Collins.

3. Abeeku says that, under his rule, the village will not work for the British. What does he claim they will do instead?
(a) Ignore the British.
(b) Work with the British.
(c) Become the British.
(d) Overthrow the British.

4. Where has Ness NOT been a slave?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Hell.

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

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

7. Esi is from what African tribe?
(a) None, she is British.
(b) Fante.
(c) Asante.
(d) Ga.

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

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

10. Why does Fiifi want Quey to marry Nana Yaa?
(a) To create a peace between the Asantes and the Fantes.
(b) To gain the respect of all the tribes.
(c) To make the British angry.
(d) To ensure that Quey will have an inheritance.

11. Who are Esi's parents?
(a) Maame and a servant man.
(b) James Collins and Maame.
(c) Big Man and Maame.
(d) Cobbe Otcher and Effia.

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

13. How does Kojo get his last name, Freeman?
(a) From his free papers.
(b) From his father, Sam.
(c) From his ancestors in the Asante village.
(d) From his time at Ellis Island.

14. Why does Quey agree to give up on Cudjo and marry Nana Yaa?
(a) The tribal chiefs had arranged the marriage.
(b) He marries for protection.
(c) He wants to please his parents.
(d) He loves Nana Yaa.

15. Who is Effia's real mother?
(a) A witch doctor.
(b) A British slave.
(c) A house girl.
(d) A village girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is James's nickname?

2. Who is Quey's mother?

3. What catastrophe occurs the night Effia is born?

4. Who is Quey's first friend?

5. How much time do the villagers give Abena before casting her out as a witch who has brought famine upon them?

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