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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marjorie's kindergarten teacher tell her parents?
(a) That Marjorie talks too much to her peers.
(b) That Marjorie would benefit from special education classes.
(c) That Marjorie has been speaking Twi in class.
(d) That Marjorie is the brightest student in the class.

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

3. How does Willie try to make peace with Carson?
(a) By walking with him.
(b) By buying him a toy.
(c) By taking him to a movie.
(d) By telling him stories about his father.

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

5. How long has it taken H to save $5?
(a) Two decades.
(b) His whole life.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six months.

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

7. Why does Yaw consent to teaching the boys in English?
(a) There are too many dialects to try to teach in them all.
(b) It is time to teach the boys the language of commerce.
(c) Yaw's school is paid for by the British Colony.
(d) Yaw believes English is beautiful.

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

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

10. What do the unions NOT fight for from the mining companies?
(a) Better ventilation.
(b) Better pay.
(c) More vacation days.
(d) Fewer hours.

11. How long does it take Yaw to realize he is in love with Esther?
(a) Five months.
(b) A decade.
(c) Five years.
(d) A single moment.

12. What draws Yaw to Esther?
(a) She is a good cook.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She is everything he is not.
(d) She is educated.

13. How much does the mine boss agree to pay the state for each month of H's work?
(a) $100.
(b) $40.
(c) $19.
(d) $5.

14. Which is NOT a consequence of Robert's abandonment of the family?
(a) Willie meets Eli.
(b) Willie and Carson move a lot.
(c) Willie has trouble making the rent.
(d) Willie gets a job at the Jazzing.

15. What part of Akua's body does she claim is "growing"?
(a) Her ear.
(b) Her belly.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sonny asks Amani what kind of name she has, what is her response?

2. What is the inspiration for Marjorie's poem?

3. What have the British done to King Prempeh I?

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

5. What gift does Akua NOT give to Yaw?

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