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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 his favorite teacher, Mrs. Pinkston.
(b) From Sonny's lessons on racial injustice.
(c) From watching National Geographic.
(d) From all the books Willie gave him.

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

3. How does Willie chastise Eli?
(a) She tells him people cannot eat poems.
(b) She makes him go to church.
(c) She tells him Robert was a better father.
(d) She refuses to let him come home.

4. Why does Marjorie release Graham from any relationship with her?
(a) They do not have much in common.
(b) He has not asked her to prom.
(c) He has made clear that he is embarrassed by others' reactions to their relationship.
(d) He just is not very smart.

5. Who are Willie's parents?
(a) H and Ethe.
(b) Anna and Kojo.
(c) Ness and Sam.
(d) Esi and an unnamed man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Willie try to make peace with Carson?

2. How old was Akua when she first began to dream of the firewoman?

3. Who are Marcus's parents?

4. What do the Edweso people treat Akua as a result of her choice not to talk?

5. What prompts the Asante men to go to war with the British Colony?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What enables Willie to begin singing again in church?

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

9. Why is Marcus afraid of water?

10. In what ways has Willie marched?

(see the answer keys)

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