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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 does Mampanyin claim is her magic?
(a) She provides the conversation with Nyame.
(b) She provides people with the permission to act.
(c) She provides dancing and spirits.
(d) She provides roots and symbols that are magic.

2. What does Quey's Uncle Fiifi always call him?
(a) Poor boy.
(b) White boy.
(c) My child.
(d) My son.

3. How does Anna have her free papers?
(a) She escaped Hell with Ma Aku.
(b) After her master died, she was freed.
(c) Her father and master had set Anna's mother and her free.
(d) She was born into a prominent family in Baltimore.

4. How does Esi split her life into two halves?
(a) Before her marriage and Now.
(b) Before the Castle and Now.
(c) Time with Big Man and Time with Maame.
(d) Before her birthday and after.

5. What is Esi's nickname after her capture into slavery?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Frownie.
(c) Ugly.
(d) Smilie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does James flee when he pretends to be travelling with Effia?

2. Who are Esi's parents?

3. How long does Kojo wait for Anna to return before moving to New York?

4. What is Abeeku's nickname for Effia?

5. Why had Quey been a lonely child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Effia most likely refuse to beat Quey?

2. Explain why Quey is sent to England.

3. Effia realizes that her husband James is involved in the slave trade. How does this make her feel?

4. What is the significance of the kente cloth?

5. Why have Quey and Fiifi arranged the marriage between James and Amma?

6. Where does the name Ness come from?

7. Why might Maame choose to beat Abronoma, rather than allowing Big Man to do it?

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

9. On the night that Baaba first beats Effia and Cobbe in turn beats Baaba, Effia has a dream. Analyze the symbols of that dream.

10. Why does James attempt to separate himself from Effia after receiving letters from his British wife, Anne?

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