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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Fiifi claim to keep trading with multiple groups?
(a) To get the most money and power.
(b) To ensure that all tribes are treated fairly.
(c) To create the most friendly arrangement.
(d) To protect any slaves from mistreatment.

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

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

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

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

6. Who are Abena's parents?
(a) Akosua and James.
(b) Anna and Kojo.
(c) Nana Yaa and Quey.
(d) Effia and Cobbe.

7. How does Esi split her life into two halves?
(a) Before her marriage and Now.
(b) Before her birthday and after.
(c) Before the Castle and Now.
(d) Time with Big Man and Time with Maame.

8. Why does Mr. Mathison insist on calling Kojo by his full name?
(a) He insists on formality.
(b) He likes that it means, "boy born on a Monday."
(c) He cannot pronounce the nickname.
(d) He says that shortening the name of a man is the first step in destroying his identity.

9. What is special about Millicent?
(a) She can speak English fluently.
(b) She knows how to use the black stones for magic.
(c) She can dance and sing better than all the village girls.
(d) She is the daughter of a village woman and British man.

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

11. Where does Abena hope to go?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Kumasi.
(d) The Gold Coast.

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

13. Why does Mr. Mathison warn Kojo to take the family north?
(a) The cooler air will be better for Ma Aku.
(b) The Fugitive Slave Act is about to pass.
(c) He has friends there.
(d) That is where true freedom lies.

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

15. What is Esi's nickname after her capture into slavery?
(a) Smilie.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Frownie.
(d) Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what holiday do Ness and Aku meet?

2. Abeeku says that, under his rule, the village will not work for the British. What does he claim they will do instead?

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

4. Where has Ness NOT been a slave?

5. Whom does Fiifi capture and keep?

(see the answer keys)

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