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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yaw hope his book will prove?
(a) A call to war.
(b) An academic rage.
(c) A truce with Britain.
(d) A plea for freedom.

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

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

4. Where does Marcus get his interest in history?
(a) From Sonny's lessons on racial injustice.
(b) From all the books Willie gave him.
(c) From watching National Geographic.
(d) From his favorite teacher, Mrs. Pinkston.

5. Who are Marjorie's parents?
(a) Yaw and Esther.
(b) Akua and Asamoah.
(c) Yaw and Akua.
(d) Effia and James.

6. Why is Amani uninterested in going to Africa?
(a) She wants to be a missionary at home.
(b) She is uninterested in her ancestors.
(c) She cannot afford the plane ticket.
(d) She says they cannot go back to a place they have never been.

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

8. 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 should return to Ghana.
(b) Sonny's heroin addiction is keeping him a slave.
(c) Sonny's work as a custodian is dead-end work.
(d) Sonny's work with the NAACP is hugely successful.

9. Who are Marcus's parents?
(a) Sonny and Willie.
(b) Sonny and Josephine.
(c) Sonny and Amani.
(d) Sonny and Angela.

10. What is Sonny's birth name?
(a) Carson.
(b) Robert.
(c) Richard.
(d) Asamoah.

11. Why is Yaw skeptical of the concept of forgiveness?
(a) He believes it is a lesson to keep the oppressed subjugated.
(b) He believes that the angry are powerful.
(c) He wants to tend his anger like a flower garden.
(d) He has never felt forgiveness for his own wrongdoings.

12. Why does Nana Serwah lock Akua in the hut?
(a) Akua has beaten the children, and this is her punishment.
(b) She thinks it will break Akua's trances.
(c) She wants to keep Akua prisoner.
(d) Asamoah asked his mother to keep an eye on his wife.

13. How old was Akua when she first began to dream of the firewoman?
(a) 40.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

14. Why does Marjorie release Graham from any relationship with her?
(a) He just is not very smart.
(b) They do not have much in common.
(c) He has made clear that he is embarrassed by others' reactions to their relationship.
(d) He has not asked her to prom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yaw consent to teaching the boys in English?

2. Why does Sonny ironically wish for more segregation in America?

3. How old was Sonny when he became a father the first time?

4. What happened to H's mother, Anna?

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

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