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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Autumn: Chapters 25-26 and Winter: Chapters 27-34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Wrenches.
(c) Hammers.
(d) Lead pipes.

2. Over which author do Belinda and Amma bond while they are at home sick together?
(a) Atwood.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Achebe.
(d) Nabakov.

3. What is the big change to which Belinda refers when discussing her mother's reaction?
(a) There was no longer any clean water to drink in the village.
(b) Her mother lost one of her three jobs.
(c) Her father sent a letter stating he could no longer pay Belinda's school fees.
(d) Her mother had gotten pregnant.

4. When Roisin and Amma meet up in Chapter 26, how much time has gone by since they communicated last?
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Hours.

5. Chapter 8 takes place how many days after the end of Chapter 7?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. After hearing Belinda's story about a man in Ghana, Amma tells her own story about a memory she has from what stage of her life?

2. Amma declares that she likes Belinda bcause Belinda "really" (143) takes what action?

3. What is the meaning of the Ghanaian phrase "me boa" (134) that Nana uses when she elicits a promise?

4. What event at school does Belinda miss after she finds out the bad news about Mary?

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

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