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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what sort of location is Belinda taken shopping for a new clothing?
(a) A shop on a busy city street.
(b) A mall.
(c) A tailoring shop.
(d) An open-air market.

2. What kind of handles are said to be the most valuable at the market?
(a) The largest.
(b) The heaviest.
(c) The shiniest.
(d) The lightest.

3. In Chapter 6, Amma attends a party thrown by whom?
(a) Roisin.
(b) Helena.
(c) Belinda.
(d) Max.

4. Which character does Belinda expect will be waiting for her at the airport in London?
(a) Aunty.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Amma.
(d) Nana.

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

6. What quality of a particular singer's voice does Amma name when she explains her affinity to Belinda?
(a) Its stoic nature.
(b) Its ethereal nature.
(c) Its haunting nature.
(d) Its reverberation.

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

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

9. Who helps Mary come up with an alter ego who will help her pretend that she loves her work and life?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Aunty.
(c) Doctor Otuo.
(d) Belinda.

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

11. When Belinda becomes uncomfortable with Amma's story about a beating, she steers the conversation to what subject?
(a) Food.
(b) History.
(c) Art.
(d) Music.

12. Belinda recalls that her mother had acted in what way when "the biggest change came" (41)?
(a) Calm.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Surprised.

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

14. What sort of odor does Amma believe her best friend has?
(a) An odor like sunshine.
(b) An order like clean linen.
(c) An odor like raspberries.
(d) An odor like almonds.

15. Amma's room contains many different stacks composed of which kind of object?
(a) Aquariums.
(b) Board games.
(c) Records.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Belinda hear during the shopping trip that soothes her greatly?

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

3. How old is Belinda in Chapter 1?

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

5. Amma had first met Roisin at a seminar offered for what type of student?

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