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

2. In Chapter 7, Mary and Belinda communicate with one another using what method?
(a) Phone call.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Mail.
(d) Video call.

3. What action does Belinda take in relation to seeing the coffin?
(a) She cannot look at it.
(b) She forces herself to look at it.
(c) She cannot look away from it.
(d) She can only look at it for brief moments at a time.

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

5. About what element of London does Dr. Otuo complain on Belinda's first night in his home?
(a) Big Ben.
(b) The tube.
(c) The chips.
(d) The gap.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what manner does Amma reply when her mother calls her downstairs to greet her father?

2. About whom does Mary give Belinda advice within their first correspondence after parting from one another?

3. Belinda tells a story about a man with what primary quality, making Amma distinctly uncomfortable?

4. What type of person is being beaten in Amma's story from her time in Ghana?

5. When Belinda becomes uncomfortable with Amma's story about a beating, she steers the conversation to what subject?

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