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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. Why does Maame try to refuse a house servant?
(a) She wants Esi to learn to clean.
(b) She was once a slave herself.
(c) She likes to clean her own house.
(d) She is opposed to slavery.

2. Who helps James fake his death?
(a) An Asante soldier.
(b) An Asante woman.
(c) A Fante man.
(d) A Fante woman.

3. Why do the English men call their African wives "wenches?"
(a) They cannot pronounce the Fante for "wife."
(b) Their British women are their true wives.
(c) They do not care about the African women.
(d) Their commanders teach them that rule.

4. Where is Thomas Allan Stockham's plantation?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Alabama.

5. If the Gold Coast is like a pot of ground nut soup, what are the British?
(a) The fire.
(b) The meat.
(c) The vegetables.
(d) The broth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pinky's first word?

2. What national law is passed the day of Timmy and Agnes's wedding?

3. Why does the Freeman family stay in Baltimore?

4. Esi is from what African tribe?

5. Why does the Devil beat Ness the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Kwame Asare's transition to the tile of "Big Man."

4. Why does Fiifi capture Nana Yaa from the Asantes?

5. How does Adwoa serve as a mentor for Effia?

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

7. Why is Abena so bothered when Ohene Nyarko insists upon calling her "darling" (143)?

8. Explain the transformation that Abena undergoes from the beginning of her chapter, when she has no respect for the Fantes, to the end, when she is thankful for her Fante ancestor, Effia.

9. Why does Sam become a model slave upon the birth of Kojo?

10. Explain why Quey is sent to England.

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