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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. Where does Marcus get his interest in history?
(a) From watching National Geographic.
(b) From his favorite teacher, Mrs. Pinkston.
(c) From all the books Willie gave him.
(d) From Sonny's lessons on racial injustice.

2. Why does Asamoah choose to save Akua from the people of Edweso?
(a) He loves Akua more than anything else.
(b) He has lost enough without also losing her.
(c) He does not want to care for Yaw alone.
(d) His mother tells him he must save his wife.

3. Who are Marjorie's parents?
(a) Effia and James.
(b) Yaw and Akua.
(c) Akua and Asamoah.
(d) Yaw and Esther.

4. Who are Sonny's birth parents?
(a) Willie and Robert.
(b) Willie and H.
(c) Willie and Eli.
(d) Willie and Lil' Joe.

5. What lesson does Esther teach Yaw?
(a) Anger is the key to revolution.
(b) Peace is the future.
(c) Happiness comes from love.
(d) Anger is futile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Amani uninterested in going to Africa?

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

3. What does Willie mean when she tells Sonny, "Keep doin' what you doin' and the white man don't got to do it no more" (263)?

4. Who are Akua's parents?

5. What is the inspiration for Marjorie's poem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What advice does Akua give to Yaw about his anger?

6. To Willie and Carson, what is worse than ending up dead?

7. How does H's imprisonment prove the inequalities faced by other black men during this time period?

8. How do Marjorie and Marcus help each other?

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

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

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