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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When we meet H, what is happening to him?
(a) He is walking away from the plantation as a free man.
(b) He is working to meet the mine quota.
(c) He is being chained by several policemen.
(d) He is cheating on Ethe.

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

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

4. What is the mistake made about Marjorie at the beginning of her chapter?
(a) She is mistaken for James.
(b) She is mistaken for a tourist.
(c) She is mistaken for a descendant of Effia.
(d) She is mistaken for Akosua.

5. What is the inspiration for Marjorie's poem?
(a) The dream stories Old Lady has told her.
(b) Marjorie's visits to the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) The necklace.
(d) Yaw's memories of Ghana.

6. What does "Abro ni" mean?
(a) Wise man.
(b) Wicked man.
(c) Heathen child.
(d) Sinful woman.

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

8. What gift does Akua NOT give to Yaw?
(a) A monetary inheritance.
(b) The necklace.
(c) Freedom that comes with forgiveness.
(d) A mother.

9. What is the daily coal quota each man must meet?
(a) Ten tons.
(b) Two thousand pounds.
(c) Twenty pounds.
(d) Fourteen thousand pounds.

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

11. Why does Yaw not want to go to America to further his ideas for freedom of the Asante?
(a) He cannot afford to move and has no prospects for employment.
(b) He fears he is too old and that he will not be able to make the journey.
(c) He says it is better to start at home with ancestral lessons.
(d) He does not speak the language and he is afraid to learn.

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

13. How much is H able to earn monthly in the mines in Pratt City?
(a) $19.
(b) $40.
(c) $10.
(d) $5.

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

15. Where is Sonny when he is first introduced?
(a) Working for the NAACP.
(b) Walking the streets of Harlem.
(c) In jail.
(d) On his way to Ghana.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Yaw to realize he is in love with Esther?

2. In the summer of 1964, what is going on in Harlem?

3. What part of Akua's body does she claim is "growing"?

4. Who are Yaw's parents?

5. Which is NOT a consequence of Robert's abandonment of the family?

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