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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 Yaw's occupation?

2. How much does the mine boss agree to pay the state for each month of H's work?

3. Why does Yaw consent to teaching the boys in English?

4. Why is Amani uninterested in going to Africa?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What racial inequalities do Willie and Robert face once they are in Harlem?

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

4. How do Marjorie and Marcus help each other?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Quey tells David that "the war the Asantes and the British are fighting now...will continue...far longer than you or I or even James can live to see...There will always be blood" (93). Write an essay in which you examine the truth of this statement.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

The motif of fire is used throughout the novel. Write an essay in which you explore how the different fires create an impact upon the social landscape of these characters.

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