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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer: Chapters 16-18 and Autumn: Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does one of the two young Jamaican women on the bus wave around as she shouts?
(a) A lollipop.
(b) A camera.
(c) A knife.
(d) A can of pepper spray.

2. When Amma picks Belinda up from the airport in London, what preemptive comment does Amma make to Belinda?
(a) She says she knows her hair is messy and that she likes it.
(b) She says that she is aware that Belinda is probably hungry.
(c) She says that she knows she smells bad but that she did not have time to shower.
(d) She says that Belinda cannot borrow any of her clothes.

3. What sound does Belinda hear during the shopping trip that soothes her greatly?
(a) The sound of rainfall.
(b) The sound of church bells.
(c) The sound of laughing children.
(d) The sound of honking cars.

4. What is NOT an ability, quality, or element Amma considers to be interesting when found in humans?
(a) Being gay.
(b) Being able to speak Cantonese and Finnish.
(c) Being able to recite all of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
(d) Being able to speak Yoruba and Cantonese.

5. Amma recalls that she had closed the trinket box long ago on which day of the week?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What quality of Belinda's does Nana say will eventually bring Amma around?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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