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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: "December 2002," Spring: Chapters 1-3, and Summer: Chapters 4-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 6, Amma attends a party thrown by whom?
(a) Belinda.
(b) Max.
(c) Helena.
(d) Roisin.

3. What kind of handles are said to be the most valuable at the market?
(a) The largest.
(b) The shiniest.
(c) The lightest.
(d) The heaviest.

4. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?
(a) Hammers.
(b) Lead pipes.
(c) Wrenches.
(d) Shovels.

5. Belinda tells a story about a man with what primary quality, making Amma distinctly uncomfortable?
(a) Effeminate.
(b) Disabled.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Transgender.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what element of London does Dr. Otuo complain on Belinda's first night in his home?

2. On the way from the airport to Nana's house, Belinda worries that London may be one big what?

3. Belinda that she believes she will miss "how quickly and dramatically" Mary's what appears able to change?

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

5. What object is described in the prologue as "like a slice of wedding cake" (ix)?

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