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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. When Belinda becomes uncomfortable with Amma's story about a beating, she steers the conversation to what subject?
(a) Art.
(b) Music.
(c) History.
(d) Food.

2. About whom does Mary give Belinda advice within their first correspondence after parting from one another?
(a) Aunty.
(b) Amma.
(c) Nana.
(d) Doctor Otuo.

3. What is the big change to which Belinda refers when discussing her mother's reaction?
(a) There was no longer any clean water to drink in the village.
(b) Her mother had gotten pregnant.
(c) Her mother lost one of her three jobs.
(d) Her father sent a letter stating he could no longer pay Belinda's school fees.

4. What action does Belinda take when Mary burns her hands peeling the eggs?
(a) She takes her to the sink and runs her hands under cold water.
(b) She scolds Mary for being so careless.
(c) She makes an ointment for Mary.
(d) She runs to tell Aunty.

5. What meal does Belinda consider to be Dr. Otuo's favorite?
(a) Light Bread.
(b) Light Soup.
(c) Light Casserole.
(d) Light Pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality of a particular singer's voice does Amma name when she explains her affinity to Belinda?

2. After hearing Belinda's story about a man in Ghana, Amma tells her own story about a memory she has from what stage of her life?

3. What two actions does Mary only half-jokingly tell Belinda are her favorite things to do?

4. Belinda recalls that her mother had acted in what way when "the biggest change came" (41)?

5. What spectacle does Belinda get to witness for the first time on the holiday celebration depicted in Chapter 24?

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