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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 is the inspiration for Marjorie's poem?

2. What is ironic about Kofi Poku's relationship with Crazy Woman?

3. How does Willie chastise Eli?

4. What injures Marcus's relationship with both parents?

5. What does Yaw hope his book will prove?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What about H puts him in danger with the police and the bosses?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you detail the significance of the title, Homegoing. Be sure to detail the path at least one character takes in returning home, and the importance of the symbolic steps to get there.

Essay Topic 2

Write and essay detailing how tribal conflicts contributed to the slave trade.

Essay Topic 3

How does Baaba's "nothing from nowhere" curse play out with different characters throughout the novel? Be sure to reference at least three different characters.

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