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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 lost the black stone.
(b) Effia lied to Cobbe.
(c) Effia stole a yam.
(d) Effia dropped Fiifi.

2. Who is Quey's father?
(a) Sam.
(b) Cobbe Otcher.
(c) James Collins.
(d) Kojo.

3. What is James's nickname?
(a) Goat.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Unlucky.
(d) Unsteady.

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

5. Who are James's parents?
(a) Quey and Nana Yaa.
(b) James and Effia.
(c) Cobbe Otcher and Baaba.
(d) Cobbe Otcher and Maame.

6. Which of the following is the most common reason a person could end up a slave?
(a) Being captured by warring tribal enemies.
(b) Being sold for debt.
(c) Being sold by their families.
(d) Being captured by Fiifi and Cudjo.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How have Kojo and Anna named their children?
(a) By the constellations.
(b) By their African ancestry.
(c) By the letters of the alphabet.
(d) By the states in the union.

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

14. How is "all time equal" (30) in the dungeons?
(a) The lights are kept on constantly.
(b) There are no windows and no light.
(c) The slaves pass their time in joy and song.
(d) The slaves cannot tell time, so it does not matter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the English men call their African wives "wenches?"

2. How does Esi split her life into two halves?

3. What does Mampanyin claim is her magic?

4. Why does Fiifi want Quey to marry Nana Yaa?

5. Where does James flee when he pretends to be travelling with Effia?

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