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

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

3. What job does Sonny end up with after quitting the NAACP?
(a) Custodian at the church.
(b) Singer at the Jazzing.
(c) Bartender at the Jazzmine.
(d) Civil Rights Attorney.

4. What does Yaw hope his book will prove?
(a) An academic rage.
(b) A truce with Britain.
(c) A call to war.
(d) A plea for freedom.

5. Why does Sonny ironically wish for more segregation in America?
(a) He wishes for the days of Jim Crow.
(b) Everywhere he goes, he is reminded of the inequality he faces.
(c) He wants America to become more like Ghana.
(d) His employment options are better with segregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Abro ni" mean?

2. When we meet H, what is happening to him?

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

4. What happened to H's mother, Anna?

5. Why does Willie insist they move to Harlem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How do Marjorie and Marcus help each other?

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

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

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