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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. What do the unions NOT fight for from the mining companies?

2. What lesson does Esther teach Yaw?

3. How long does it take Yaw to realize he is in love with Esther?

4. What does Yaw hope his book will prove?

5. In the summer of 1964, what is going on in Harlem?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Yaw use his scars to teach history to his students?

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

4. How does Amani get her name? What does this name prove about her?

5. Why does H move to Pratt City, rather than going on to some other town?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a year that is mentioned in Homegoing. Write an essay in which you detail how historical facts, both in the U.S. and in Africa impacted Gyasi's choice to use that year in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you detail the symbolism of the different types of scars carried by multiple characters. Are there ever any instances when those marks prove useful, or are they always detrimental? Is it true that "you could not inherit a scar" (228)?

Essay Topic 3

Gyasi uses allusions, dreams, and flashbacks to connect the stories and the historical facts present in this text. Choose one of those stylistic devices and detail how its use helps to tell the story of Homegoing.

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