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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter: Chapters 35-43.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two actions does Mary only half-jokingly tell Belinda are her favorite things to do?
(a) Play rough and tease.
(b) Use puns and tell jokes.
(c) Live and learn.
(d) Eat and sleep.

2. How old is Belinda in Chapter 1?
(a) 17.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 19.

3. What adjective does Belinda mentally use to describe the promise Nana forcibly elicits from her?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Easy.
(c) Kind.
(d) Impossible.

4. Who wakes Belinda on the morning of Mary's funeral?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Aunty.
(c) Amma.
(d) Dr. Otuo.

5. On what television show had Nana watched the onscreen kiss while unknowingly being observed by Amma?
(a) Footballers' Wives.
(b) Brookside.
(c) Fawlty Towers.
(d) Coronation Street.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What action does Belinda pretend to take when she is unable to keep herself from crying in the hair salon?

3. When Mary's funeral begins, Uncle pours what type of substance on the ground?

4. Amma comes home in Chapter 30 to find which character standing at the end of the hallway in mourning clothes?

5. What substance do Amma and Helena ingest together throughout Amma's portrait-sitting?

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