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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 does Marcus describe Marjorie?
(a) Thin with an afro.
(b) Thick with dreadlocks.
(c) Dark-skinned and sturdy.
(d) Light-skinned and thin.

2. What do the Edweso people treat Akua as a result of her choice not to talk?
(a) They call her the Mother Woman.
(b) They call her Crazy Woman.
(c) They call her Crippled Woman.
(d) They call her Wise Bird.

3. What is the inspiration for Marjorie's poem?
(a) Marjorie's visits to the Cape Coast Castle.
(b) The necklace.
(c) Yaw's memories of Ghana.
(d) The dream stories Old Lady has told her.

4. Why is Amani uninterested in going to Africa?
(a) She says they cannot go back to a place they have never been.
(b) She cannot afford the plane ticket.
(c) She is uninterested in her ancestors.
(d) She wants to be a missionary at home.

5. What injures Marcus's relationship with both parents?
(a) Their embarassment of him.
(b) Their deaths.
(c) Their heroin addictions.
(d) Their poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lesson does Esther teach Yaw?

2. What draws Yaw to Esther?

3. What part of Akua's body does she claim is "growing"?

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

5. Why does Nana Serwah lock Akua in the hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yaw help Esther relax when she first comes to work for him?

2. Why do the villagers associate all white men, even the missionary, with the word "obroni" or "Wicked Man" (180)?

3. In what ways has Willie marched?

4. Describe Akua's dream of the firewoman. Whom does this image represent?

5. Why does the move to the Cape Coast allow Akua to move from being the Crazy Woman to Old Lady?

6. Why is Marcus afraid of water?

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

8. What is interesting about the marriage between Akua and Asamoah?

9. Why is it significant that Sonny chooses this nickname over his actual name, Carson?

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

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