View a FREE sample

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 camera.
(b) A lollipop.
(c) A knife.
(d) A can of pepper spray.

2. Amma sees Belinda as someone who is "happy to be" (105) what?
(a) Calm.
(b) Alive.
(c) Led.
(d) Fed.

3. When Belinda tells Mary the words she will use to tell Amma about Mary, what is NOT a word Belinda uses?
(a) Clever.
(b) Special.
(c) Pretty.
(d) Nice.

4. What substance do Amma and Helena ingest together throughout Amma's portrait-sitting?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Tea.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Lemonade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Belinda tells Amma that she should attend the traditional event called the Ghanafoo for whose sake?

2. During Amma's portrait-sitting, she asks Helena to tell her a story about a time when Helena was what?

3. What type of insect does Mary swallow while she is talking to Belinda on the phone?

4. What is the name of Mary's alter ego?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 233 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample