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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. How old was H when the slaves were emancipated?
(a) An infant.
(b) An elderly man.
(c) About 13.
(d) About 20.

2. What draws Yaw to Esther?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) She is educated.
(c) She is everything he is not.
(d) She is a good cook.

3. What feeling does Marjorie create within Marcus?
(a) A feeling of hatred and fear.
(b) A feeling of being found and truly understood.
(c) A feeling of love and attraction.
(d) A feeling of distress and anxiety.

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

5. What part of Akua's body does she claim is "growing"?
(a) Her belly.
(b) Her feet.
(c) Her ear.
(d) Her mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her dreams, what does the firewoman tell Akua?

2. How does Willie chastise Eli?

3. When is H sold as a convict to work in the mines?

4. Why is Yaw skeptical of the concept of forgiveness?

5. What have the British done to King Prempeh I?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the character of Graham be compared to Willie's Robert?

2. Why does Robert choose to live the life of a white man?

3. Why might the novel Lord of the Flies be symbolic?

4. Why is it so hurtful to Ethe when H calls her by the wrong name?

5. Why does H move to Pratt City, rather than going on to some other town?

6. What prompts Sonny to give up his work for the NAACP?

7. Why is Marcus afraid of water?

8. What racial inequalities do Willie and Robert face once they are in Harlem?

9. What about H puts him in danger with the police and the bosses?

10. How does Amani get her name? What does this name prove about her?

(see the answer keys)

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