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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer: Chapters 9-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of a particular singer's voice does Amma name when she explains her affinity to Belinda?
(a) Its haunting nature.
(b) Its reverberation.
(c) Its stoic nature.
(d) Its ethereal nature.

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

3. What object is described in the prologue as "like a slice of wedding cake" (ix)?
(a) A lamb.
(b) A dress.
(c) A headwrap.
(d) A coffin.

4. After listening for a few moments to a singer Amma likes, Belinda declares that the singer is obviously feeling what emotion?
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Elation.
(d) Desperation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 13 begins how far ahead of the Ghanafoo celebration?

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

3. Amma sees Belinda as someone who is "happy to be" (105) what?

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

5. From whose perspective is Chapter 9 narrated?

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