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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 is the most likely reason that Pinky and Ness connect so closely?
(a) They both have visible scars.
(b) They both understand the loss of a mother.
(c) They both know the pain of the hiccups.
(d) They both fear Master Stockham.

2. What does Kwame Asare's nickname become?
(a) Ugly Man.
(b) Big Man.
(c) Small Man.
(d) Strong Man.

3. What is James's full name?
(a) James Quey Collins.
(b) James Quey Otcher.
(c) James Richard Collins.
(d) James Richard Otcher.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Esi is from what African tribe?

2. As Esi is bound for the ship, how does she feel about the smile of any white man?

3. Why had Quey been a lonely child?

4. After working in the slave trade, how does Quey view his father?

5. Who is Quey's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Susan Stockham faint when she sees Ness in the house slave uniform?

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

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

5. How does Mr. Stockham come to think that Ness is trying to beat his son?

6. 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.

7. How has Ma Aku always comforted Kojo?

8. How would you describe the relationship between Cobbe and Effia?

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

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

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