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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Quey been a lonely child?
(a) He was too shy to make friends.
(b) He did not fit in with the British or the tribal children.
(c) His mother would not allow him to play with anyone.
(d) He was sent to school in England.

2. How does Akosua treat James at their first meeting?
(a) She refuses to shake his hand.
(b) She spits in his face.
(c) She bows to her leader.
(d) She claims to be a princess.

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

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

5. Where does Esi spend her fifteenth birthday?
(a) The slave dungeon of the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) Working on a plantation with other slaves.
(c) At a large party with her family and friends.
(d) At a quiet dinner on Big Man's Compound.

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

7. Where does James flee when he pretends to be travelling with Effia?
(a) Fanteland.
(b) Asanteland.
(c) The Cape Coast Castle.
(d) Efutu.

8. 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.

9. What catastrophe occurs the night Effia is born?
(a) A fire.
(b) An invasion.
(c) A flood.
(d) A murder.

10. To what social movement does Mr. Mathison belong?
(a) Abolition.
(b) Civil Rights.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Secessionism.

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

12. What does Esi learn from Abronoma about Maame's past?
(a) Maame is actually a princess who abandoned her her kingdom.
(b) Maame is actually Abronoma's mother and has given her a stone.
(c) Maame is a fugitive slave girl and has another daughter.
(d) Maame does not love Big Man and plans to run away.

13. What causes Maame to slap Esi and yell at her?
(a) Esi does not clean her mess.
(b) Esi will not listen.
(c) Esi backtalks Maame.
(d) Esi burns Maame with hot oil.

14. What kind of Mother is Effia to Quey?
(a) Absent and neglectful.
(b) Angry and abusive.
(c) Kind and gentle.
(d) Harsh and critical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Effia discover on her wedding night?

2. Why does Fiifi claim to keep trading with multiple groups?

3. What was Ness's original name?

4. What is the name of James Collins's British wife?

5. How do the Asantes mourn?

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