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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ness protect Kojo?

2. During Quey's chapter, we learn that another European nation is trading with the Fantes. Which one is it?

3. What sort of work does Ma Aku believe is bad luck?

4. Who marries Effia?

5. What is Ness's name short for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Pinky to speak for the first time?

2. Describe Kojo's interaction with the policeman after Anna's disappearance.

3. Why does Fiifi use the story of the three birds to explain his reasons for trading with different groups?

4. Why have the tribes begun to scar the faces of their children?

5. Why might Esi feel that she is cursed by Little Dove?

6. Why does Effia most likely refuse to beat Quey?

7. Why does Sam become a model slave upon the birth of Kojo?

8. What clues do we have that Baaba is not Effia’s real mother?

9. Why does Fiifi capture Nana Yaa from the Asantes?

10. Why does Fiifi call Quey "my son" and insist the young man always be served first (51)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Akosua wishes to become her own nation. Does this goal come to fruition? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Both Quey and Effia struggle understand James Collins and his ability to treat Akan people so savagely. Write an essay in which you detail Collins's motivation and his ability to differentiate between his family members and the Africans he views as cattle.

Essay Topic 3

The black stones are obviously key symbols within this novel. However, many other instances of rocks, stones, and coal are mentioned. Write an essay in which you detail the meaning behind one or more of these objects.

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