View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter: Chapters 35-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Belinda and Mary return from the zoo, Belinda marvels once more at which aspect of Aunty and Uncle's lifestyle?
(a) Their medical care.
(b) Their clean water.
(c) Their amount of leisure time.
(d) Their ornate clothing.

2. Dr. Otuo tells Belinda emphatically that she is there to take what action?
(a) To clean.
(b) To learn.
(c) To improve her English.
(d) To report back on Amma's activities.

3. Amma comes home in Chapter 30 to find which character standing at the end of the hallway in mourning clothes?
(a) Nana.
(b) Aunty.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Dr. Otuo.

4. Which act by the pallbearers inspires the mourners to respond with cheers?
(a) They place the coffin in the ground.
(b) They show off their muscles.
(c) They lift the coffin.
(d) They engage in a wrestling contest.

5. Who wakes Belinda in Chapter 32 so that she can answer a phone call from London?
(a) Uncle.
(b) A hotel employee.
(c) Aunty.
(d) Nana.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the tradition explained by Mary, which person must swallow a whole boiled egg without breaking it?

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

3. Just before Belinda goes upstairs to make up with Amma in Chapter 28, what task does she complete?

4. What aspect of Amma's carriage at the Ghanafoo celebration is ridiculed by other Ghanaians at the party?

5. Chapter 8 takes place how many days after the end of Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 273 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample