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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Quey's first friend?
(a) Cudjo.
(b) Fiifi.
(c) Abeeku.
(d) Kojo.

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

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

5. Why is Kojo so determined to be a loving father and husband?
(a) He wants them to love him back.
(b) He owes it to Ma Aku.
(c) He wants to be like his role models.
(d) He never knew his parents.

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

7. What did Quey witness while he was in England?
(a) Women in all their glory.
(b) Architecture and important scenery.
(c) The terrible treatment of people of color.
(d) The sights and sound sounds of the big city.

8. What sort of work does Ma Aku believe is bad luck?
(a) Cars.
(b) Ships.
(c) Docks.
(d) Bikes.

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

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

11. What is Kojo convinced has happened to Anna and Baby H?
(a) That they ran away willingly.
(b) That they died in a terrible accident.
(c) That they have been kidnapped and sold.
(d) That they are in a hospital together.

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

13. Who has raised Kojo since his parents failed to escape?
(a) Maame.
(b) Effia.
(c) Mr. Mathison.
(d) Ma Aku.

14. What are the first English words that Sam speaks?
(a) I do.
(b) Please and thank you.
(c) I'm sorry.
(d) I love you.

15. What national law is passed the day of Timmy and Agnes's wedding?
(a) The Equal Rights Act.
(b) The 21st Amendment.
(c) The Fugitive Slave Act.
(d) The Emancipation Proclamation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the witch doctor James sees to treat his impotence?

2. How does Kojo get his last name, Freeman?

3. Why does Abena feel so rejected?

4. What is Pinky's first word?

5. Where does Kojo Freeman live?

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