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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Quey sent to England for school?
(a) James catches Quey and Cudjo in an erotic embrace.
(b) Effia wants the family to move to London.
(c) Effia thinks her boy deserves the best education.
(d) James catches Quey and Cudjo drinking.

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

4. Why do the Northerners begin to scar the faces of their children?
(a) To make them too ugly to be sold.
(b) To instill respect for their elders.
(c) To make them more attractive to the opposite sex.
(d) To show off their tribal art.

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

6. Why does Ness continue to work in the fields?
(a) Susan Stockham forbids her to work in the house.
(b) Her scars are too grotesque and visible.
(c) Margaret hates her.
(d) Ness chooses field work.

7. Why does Nana Yaa dislike James's full name?
(a) It reminds her of her dead father.
(b) It is not Akan enough.
(c) It is too British.
(d) It represents Cudjo to her.

8. What does Maame reveal to Esi when the village is attacked?
(a) Maame is waiting for Abronoma's father.
(b) Maame wants to die alone.
(c) Maame is not Esi's real mother.
(d) Maame set the fire the night of Effia's birth.

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

10. How does James Collins treat the female slaves?
(a) He feeds them well.
(b) He is kind to them.
(c) He molests them.
(d) He makes fun of them.

11. Why has a marriage between James and Amma Atta been arranged?
(a) To join Effia's blood line with Fante royalty.
(b) To make James and Amma happy.
(c) To get back at Nana Yaa.
(d) To keep the throne in the family.

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

13. Whom does Fiifi capture and keep?
(a) Cobbe Otcher.
(b) Abeeku Badu.
(c) Nana Yaa.
(d) Effia Collins.

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

15. Why does Fiifi want Quey to be his heir?
(a) Because he has no other children.
(b) Because he wants to get even with Effia.
(c) Because Effia made him promise.
(d) Because the son of a sister is seen as a closer relative than one's own son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Esi spend her fifteenth birthday?

2. What is Ness's name short for?

3. How many miles must they walk to get to church?

4. How does Tansi comfort Esi?

5. What was Ness's original name?

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