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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who decides that Belinda needs new clothing once she arrives at the Otuos' residence?
(a) Doctor Otuo.
(b) Nana.
(c) Amma.
(d) Belinda.

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

4. The trinket box is where Amma keeps all things related to whom?
(a) Aunty.
(b) Mary.
(c) Nana.
(d) Roisin.

5. From whose perspective is Chapter 9 narrated?
(a) Belinda's.
(b) Amma's.
(c) Nana's.
(d) Helena's.

6. What action does Belinda take when Mary burns her hands peeling the eggs?
(a) She runs to tell Aunty.
(b) She scolds Mary for being so careless.
(c) She takes her to the sink and runs her hands under cold water.
(d) She makes an ointment for Mary.

7. Belinda tells a story about a man with what primary quality, making Amma distinctly uncomfortable?
(a) Effeminate.
(b) Transgender.
(c) Disabled.
(d) Soldier.

8. How many days after parting from one another do Mary and Belinda first communicate again?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 14.
(d) 3.

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

10. From whose perspective is Chapter 10 narrated?
(a) Nana's.
(b) Belinda's.
(c) Doctor Otuo's.
(d) Amma's.

11. In what month of 2002 does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) February.
(b) June.
(c) November.
(d) March.

12. Belinda tells Amma that she should attend the traditional event called the Ghanafoo for whose sake?
(a) Nana's.
(b) Belinda's.
(c) Doctor Otuo's.
(d) Amma's own.

13. Belinda is surprised by which aspect of the photos she sees in Amma's bedroom?
(a) The number of friends who appear in Amma's photos.
(b) Amma's ease and friendliness in every photo.
(c) Amma's sad expressions in nearly every photo.
(d) Amma's parents are absent in every photo.

14. From whose perspective is Chapter 12 narrated?
(a) Nana's.
(b) Belinda's.
(c) Amma's.
(d) Mary's.

15. In Chapter 6, Amma thinks about the fact that she had spent the whole party the night before inside of what room?
(a) A library.
(b) A bedroom.
(c) A parlor.
(d) A kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dr. Otuo tells Belinda emphatically that she is there to take what action?

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

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

5. In what manner does Amma reply when her mother calls her downstairs to greet her father?

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