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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Sonny asks Amani what kind of name she has, what is her response?
(a) Christian.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Pretend.
(d) Mine.
2. Who are Akua's parents?
(a) Abena and the fetish man.
(b) Abena and the missionary.
(c) Abena and Quey.
(d) Abena and Ohene Nyarko.
3. What draws Yaw to Esther?
(a) She is everything he is not.
(b) She is a good cook.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is educated.
4. What song does Willie sing at her parents' funeral?
(a) I'll Fly Away.
(b) Beulah Land.
(c) Amazing Grace.
(d) I Shall Wear a Crown.
5. How old was H when the slaves were emancipated?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) About 20.
(c) About 13.
(d) An infant.
6. How do the mine bosses replace the striking miners?
(a) By bringing in more and younger convicts.
(b) By doing the work themselves.
(c) By lowering the quotas.
(d) By raising pay to attract more candidates.
7. After both father figures walked out on the family, what living conditions do Willie, Sonny, and Josephine NOT face?
(a) Cramped conditions with up to forty people.
(b) The risk of homelessness.
(c) Squatting in Willie's mother's boss's house.
(d) A bigger, better apartment for themselves.
8. How does Willie feel when she smiles at Robert on the street?
(a) As though this smile will make him love her again.
(b) As though she has forgiven him.
(c) As though she might kill him for leaving her.
(d) As though she will die of sadness and despair.
9. How much is H able to earn monthly in the mines in Pratt City?
(a) $5.
(b) $40.
(c) $10.
(d) $19.
10. How long does it take Yaw to realize he is in love with Esther?
(a) A single moment.
(b) A decade.
(c) Five months.
(d) Five years.
11. How does Willie chastise Eli?
(a) She refuses to let him come home.
(b) She tells him people cannot eat poems.
(c) She makes him go to church.
(d) She tells him Robert was a better father.
12. What is Yaw's occupation?
(a) Mine worker.
(b) Asante chief.
(c) History teacher.
(d) Union leader.
13. What job does Sonny end up with after quitting the NAACP?
(a) Singer at the Jazzing.
(b) Civil Rights Attorney.
(c) Bartender at the Jazzmine.
(d) Custodian at the church.
14. 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 has lost enough without also losing her.
(d) He loves Akua more than anything else.
15. Why does Yaw not want to go to America to further his ideas for freedom of the Asante?
(a) He says it is better to start at home with ancestral lessons.
(b) He fears he is too old and that he will not be able to make the journey.
(c) He cannot afford to move and has no prospects for employment.
(d) He does not speak the language and he is afraid to learn.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the inspiration for Marjorie's poem?
2. Why is Amani uninterested in going to Africa?
3. In the summer of 1964, what is going on in Harlem?
4. When we meet H, what is happening to him?
5. Why is Yaw skeptical of the concept of forgiveness?
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