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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 Edweso people treat Akua as a result of her choice not to talk?

2. What is the first sign of trouble with Robert when they get to Harlem?

3. Why is Amani uninterested in going to Africa?

4. Which is NOT a consequence of Robert's abandonment of the family?

5. What is Sonny's birth name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Marcus afraid of water?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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