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

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

3. On the way from the airport to Nana's house, Belinda worries that London may be one big what?
(a) Skyscraper.
(b) Line of docks.
(c) Motorway.
(d) Bicycle lane.

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

5. What type of person is being beaten in Amma's story from her time in Ghana?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An old woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) A little girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?

2. The narrator states that Belinda had started working in Aunty and Uncle's house at the same time as which other character?

3. How old is Belinda in Chapter 1?

4. What mode of transportation do Amma and Belinda use to get from the airport to Nana's house?

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

(see the answer key)

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