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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Marjorie and Old Lady's best talks occur?
(a) At Marjorie's apartment in Huntsville, Alabama.
(b) On the phone at night.
(c) On the beach in Cape Coast.
(d) At Old Lady's house in Edweso.

2. Why does Asamoah choose to save Akua from the people of Edweso?
(a) He does not want to care for Yaw alone.
(b) He loves Akua more than anything else.
(c) His mother tells him he must save his wife.
(d) He has lost enough without also losing her.

3. How did Robert and Willie meet?
(a) Their parents arranged their marriage.
(b) Robert would come to see her sing at union meetings.
(c) Robert and Willie both sang in the church choir.
(d) They met at school

4. When Sonny asks Amani what kind of name she has, what is her response?
(a) Mine.
(b) Pretend.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Christian.

5. What lesson does Esther teach Yaw?
(a) Anger is the key to revolution.
(b) Anger is futile.
(c) Peace is the future.
(d) Happiness comes from love.

6. In her dreams, what does the firewoman tell Akua?
(a) To kill everything in sight.
(b) To exact revenge against the British.
(c) To know where the children are at all times.
(d) To beware of the slave trade.

7. Why can Sonny not forgive his mother?
(a) Because she is a drug addict.
(b) Because she refuses to call him Sonny.
(c) Because he does not know his father.
(d) Because she is a maid.

8. Who are Akua's parents?
(a) Abena and the missionary.
(b) Abena and Quey.
(c) Abena and Ohene Nyarko.
(d) Abena and the fetish man.

9. What happens as a result of H's choice to shovel two-handed?
(a) Riots break out.
(b) Thomas, the white man H helps, decides that he must return the favor.
(c) H is permanently paralyzed.
(d) H is beaten savagely.

10. Who are Sonny's birth parents?
(a) Willie and H.
(b) Willie and Robert.
(c) Willie and Eli.
(d) Willie and Lil' Joe.

11. How does Marcus describe Marjorie?
(a) Thick with dreadlocks.
(b) Dark-skinned and sturdy.
(c) Light-skinned and thin.
(d) Thin with an afro.

12. In the summer of 1964, what is going on in Harlem?
(a) The Women's March.
(b) Race riots.
(c) Nothing much.
(d) A blackout.

13. What does Willie mean when she tells Sonny, "Keep doin' what you doin' and the white man don't got to do it no more" (263)?
(a) Sonny's heroin addiction is keeping him a slave.
(b) Sonny's work as a custodian is dead-end work.
(c) Sonny's work with the NAACP is hugely successful.
(d) Sonny should return to Ghana.

14. What is the final title of Yaw's book?
(a) The Ruin of a Nation Begins in the Home of Its People.
(b) Let the Africans Own Africa.
(c) The Invisible Man.
(d) The Souls of Black Folk.

15. How do the mine bosses replace the striking miners?
(a) By bringing in more and younger convicts.
(b) By raising pay to attract more candidates.
(c) By lowering the quotas.
(d) By doing the work themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts the Asante men to go to war with the British Colony?

2. Where does Marcus get his interest in history?

3. What job does Sonny end up with after quitting the NAACP?

4. What injures Marcus's relationship with both parents?

5. What do the Edweso people treat Akua as a result of her choice not to talk?

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