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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer: Chapters 16-18 and Autumn: Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the weather in London does Belinda find most distressing?
(a) The rain.
(b) The wind.
(c) The snow.
(d) The cold.

2. What object is described in the prologue as "like a slice of wedding cake" (ix)?
(a) A headwrap.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A dress.

3. During Amma's portrait-sitting, she asks Helena to tell her a story about a time when Helena was what?
(a) In love.
(b) Scared.
(c) Elated.
(d) In trouble.

4. What is NOT an ability, quality, or element Amma considers to be interesting when found in humans?
(a) Being able to speak Cantonese and Finnish.
(b) Being able to recite all of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
(c) Being able to speak Yoruba and Cantonese.
(d) Being gay.

5. When Belinda attended school in Adurubaa, how did she always perform when test results were announced?
(a) In the lowest 3.
(b) In the lowest 5.
(c) In the top 10.
(d) In the top 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mary's alter ego?

2. Belinda thinks to herself that school means what?

3. Dr. Otuo tells Belinda emphatically that she is there to take what action?

4. From whose perspective is Chapter 12 narrated?

5. Belinda recalls using what object as a desk during her time living at home and attending school?

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