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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Baaba begin beating Effia?
(a) Effia dropped Fiifi.
(b) Effia lied to Cobbe.
(c) Effia lost the black stone.
(d) Effia stole a yam.

2. Who is Quey's mother?
(a) Abronoma.
(b) Esi.
(c) Effia.
(d) Ness.

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

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

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

6. Why does Abena feel so rejected?
(a) She has no home of her own.
(b) She has been nicknamed "The Ugly."
(c) She is 25 and unwed.
(d) She has been exiled from her village.

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

8. When a man wants to marry a village girl, what is a gift he does NOT offer the family?
(a) Goats.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Yams.

9. On what holiday do Ness and Aku meet?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Independence Day.

10. Where is Thomas Allan Stockham's plantation?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Bermuda.

11. How does Esi attempt to befriend Abronoma?
(a) She sends a message to Abronoma's father.
(b) She cleans for Abronoma.
(c) She tells Abronoma stories.
(d) She sends a message to Abronoma's fiance.

12. 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) Become the British.
(c) Overthrow the British.
(d) Work with the British.

13. How much time do the villagers give Abena before casting her out as a witch who has brought famine upon them?
(a) Five years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Nine months.

14. What does Baltimore represent for the black men there?
(a) A place where one could choose his or her identity.
(b) A warzone that has been overtaken.
(c) A home that is beautiful and affluent.
(d) The North, where all dreams could come true.

15. Who is Kojo's best friend in Baltimore?
(a) Poot.
(b) Mathison.
(c) Abeeku.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is James's nickname?

2. The novel opens in what place?

3. Who marries Effia?

4. Who are Esi's parents?

5. Why does Fiifi want Quey to be his heir?

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