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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Effia discover on her wedding night?
(a) Ghosts inhabiting the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) No one can leave the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) James is not allowed in the Cape Coast Castle.
(d) Humans kept captive under the Cape Coast Castle.

2. How much time do the villagers give Abena before casting her out as a witch who has brought famine upon them?
(a) Five years.
(b) Nine months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Seven years.

3. How long does Kojo wait for Anna to return before moving to New York?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten years.
(d) He never moves to New York.

4. Esi is from what African tribe?
(a) Fante.
(b) Ga.
(c) None, she is British.
(d) Asante.

5. Why do the Northerners begin to scar the faces of their children?
(a) To instill respect for their elders.
(b) To make them too ugly to be sold.
(c) To make them more attractive to the opposite sex.
(d) To show off their tribal art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ness want to run away?

2. Why do Ness and Sam marry?

3. Which of the following is the most common reason a person could end up a slave?

4. Why had Quey been a lonely child?

5. Who is Quey's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that draws Aku to Ness?

2. What causes Pinky to speak for the first time?

3. Why do Quey, James, Nana Yaa really travel to the Asante village?

4. Why does Ness choose to be mute for a while as a child?

5. Explain why Quey is sent to England.

6. How is Esi's upbringing different from Effia's?

7. Why does Ness describe her marriage to Sam as "this unholy holy union" (81)?

8. Why might Esi feel that she is cursed by Little Dove?

9. Why does Abena decide to leave the village for Kumasi?

10. What is the significance of the kente cloth?

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