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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the weather in London does Belinda find most distressing?
(a) The wind.
(b) The snow.
(c) The rain.
(d) The cold.

2. At what type of location does Chapter 28 begin?
(a) A school.
(b) The Otuos' kitchen.
(c) A library.
(d) A fireworks show.

3. Who calls Belinda from London in Chapter 32?
(a) Roisin.
(b) Max.
(c) Amma.
(d) Helena.

4. When Chapter 19 begins, both Amma and Belinda have come down with what malady?
(a) Strep throat.
(b) Mono.
(c) A cold.
(d) Influenza.

5. On what holiday does Chapter 24 take place?
(a) Labour Day.
(b) Guy Fawkes Day.
(c) Easter Monday.
(d) Good Friday.

6. Amma declares that she likes Belinda bcause Belinda "really" (143) takes what action?
(a) Tries.
(b) Believes.
(c) Hopes.
(d) Cares.

7. In what location does Chapter 31 take place?
(a) The United Kingdom.
(b) The United States.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Greece.

8. What form of transportation do Amma and Belinda usually take when Amma accompanies Belinda to Abacus College?
(a) Walking.
(b) Bus.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Train.

9. What advice does the caller from London give to Belinda?
(a) To be nice to herself.
(b) To breathe.
(c) To pray.
(d) To speak from the heart.

10. What thought generally keeps Amma from skipping school, even when she wants to do so?
(a) Her father's rags-to-riches immigration story.
(b) The amount of work she will miss.
(c) Her mother's punishments.
(d) Her attendance history.

11. In Chapter 28, Belinda brings Amma downstairs to help her clean which appliance as a means of reconciliation?
(a) The toaster.
(b) The garbage disposal.
(c) The refrigerator.
(d) The vacuum cleaner.

12. When Belinda is finished with a household task in Chapter 28, what action does she take before going to fetch Amma?
(a) She shouts.
(b) She sneezes.
(c) She faints.
(d) She cries.

13. Belinda wonders at the end of Chapter 34 how Aunty and Uncle feel about their own what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Good fortune.
(d) Lack of children.

14. Belinda recalls that Mary had once told a woman frustrated by a puzzle that it was okay to have only what?
(a) Failures.
(b) Hardship.
(c) Problems.
(d) Questions.

15. What happens at the meet-up between Roisin and Amma in Chapter 26?
(a) Roisin makes a pass at Belinda.
(b) Amma pretends that Belinda is her girlfriend.
(c) Amma dumps Roisin.
(d) Roisin dumps Amma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an ability, quality, or element Amma considers to be interesting when found in humans?

2. Just before Belinda goes upstairs to make up with Amma in Chapter 28, what task does she complete?

3. What action does one of the young Jamaican women on the bus take when Belinda mentions family?

4. What kind of vehicle runs over and kills Mary?

5. Amma asks her mother Nana in Chapter 17 if she may take which character to a party?

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