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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Sonny when he became a father the first time?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 50.
(d) 15.
2. Why does Yaw consent to teaching the boys in English?
(a) Yaw believes English is beautiful.
(b) It is time to teach the boys the language of commerce.
(c) Yaw's school is paid for by the British Colony.
(d) There are too many dialects to try to teach in them all.
3. 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 his favorite teacher, Mrs. Pinkston.
(d) From watching National Geographic.
4. What is Marjorie's poem about?
(a) Whips and questions.
(b) The cocoa nut and sand.
(c) The Castle.
(d) Two sisters separated by time and water.
5. Why does Marjorie release Graham from any relationship with her?
(a) They do not have much in common.
(b) He just is not very smart.
(c) He has not asked her to prom.
(d) He has made clear that he is embarrassed by others' reactions to their relationship.
6. Why does Sonny ironically wish for more segregation in America?
(a) Everywhere he goes, he is reminded of the inequality he faces.
(b) He wants America to become more like Ghana.
(c) His employment options are better with segregation.
(d) He wishes for the days of Jim Crow.
7. What does Marjorie's kindergarten teacher tell her parents?
(a) That Marjorie would benefit from special education classes.
(b) That Marjorie has been speaking Twi in class.
(c) That Marjorie talks too much to her peers.
(d) That Marjorie is the brightest student in the class.
8. What have the British done to King Prempeh I?
(a) Exiled him.
(b) Provided him with more power.
(c) Killed him.
(d) Blackmailed him into obeying them.
9. What injures Marcus's relationship with both parents?
(a) Their embarassment of him.
(b) Their poverty.
(c) Their heroin addictions.
(d) Their deaths.
10. What is ironic about Kofi Poku's relationship with Crazy Woman?
(a) They have always been friends, throughout everything.
(b) He was the one who put out her fire; now he keeps her cooking fire going.
(c) He was the one who gave her the nickname; now he cares for her.
(d) He once loved her; now his wife visits her gardens.
11. What is the inspiration for Marjorie's poem?
(a) Marjorie's visits to the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) Yaw's memories of Ghana.
(c) The necklace.
(d) The dream stories Old Lady has told her.
12. What is the mistake made about Marjorie at the beginning of her chapter?
(a) She is mistaken for a tourist.
(b) She is mistaken for Akosua.
(c) She is mistaken for James.
(d) She is mistaken for a descendant of Effia.
13. What gift does Akua NOT give to Yaw?
(a) The necklace.
(b) Freedom that comes with forgiveness.
(c) A mother.
(d) A monetary inheritance.
14. What prompts the Asante men to go to war with the British Colony?
(a) The fact that the women are calling for battle.
(b) The fact that their pride has been injured.
(c) The fact that King Prempeh I has been sold into slavery.
(d) The fact that the British have declared war.
15. How did Robert and Willie meet?
(a) Robert and Willie both sang in the church choir.
(b) Robert would come to see her sing at union meetings.
(c) Their parents arranged their marriage.
(d) They met at school
Short Answer Questions
1. How long does it take Yaw to realize he is in love with Esther?
2. How does Willie chastise Eli?
3. What do the Edweso people treat Akua as a result of her choice not to talk?
4. Which is NOT a consequence of Robert's abandonment of the family?
5. When we meet H, what is happening to him?
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