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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What action does one of the young Jamaican women on the bus take when Belinda mentions family?
(a) She grabs a fistful of Amma's hair.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She yells at the bus driver to stop.
(d) She leads her friend off of the bus.

3. When Belinda first meets Helena, she mentally refers to her in connection with which physical attribute?
(a) Her freckles.
(b) Her hair.
(c) Her clothes.
(d) Her eyes.

4. What kind of vehicle runs over and kills Mary?
(a) A pedicab.
(b) A caravan.
(c) A truck.
(d) A BMW.

5. Who calls Nana to tell her the bad news about Mary?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Mary.
(c) Aunty.
(d) Dr. Otuo.

6. What object does one of the two young Jamaican women on the bus wave around as she shouts?
(a) A can of pepper spray.
(b) A knife.
(c) A camera.
(d) A lollipop.

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

8. What type of insect does Mary swallow while she is talking to Belinda on the phone?
(a) A moth.
(b) A cricket.
(c) A beetle.
(d) A fly.

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

10. During the phone call between Mary and Belinda in Chapter 18, Mary reports that Aunty and Uncle had allowed her to watch what event?
(a) The slaughter of the pig.
(b) The interview of the new housegirl.
(c) The inauguration of the new mayor.
(d) The dismissal of the previous housegirl.

11. Who wakes Belinda in Chapter 32 so that she can answer a phone call from London?
(a) Nana.
(b) Uncle.
(c) A hotel employee.
(d) Aunty.

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

13. Chapter 26 finds Amma waiting to meet whom?
(a) Helena.
(b) Nana.
(c) Roisin.
(d) Mary.

14. Chapter 29 begins how many days after the end of Chapter 28?
(a) 18.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. On the way to Kumasi, Belinda thinks about a tro tro ride she had taken with which character?
(a) Amma.
(b) Belinda's mother.
(c) Nana.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of transportation does Amma use on the day she decides to skip school in Chapter 29?

2. Chapter 34 begins when what kind of vehicle brings Belinda to Kumasi?

3. In what location does Amma meet Roisin in Chapter 26?

4. When Amma gets Belinda to dance, Amma mentally remarks that which part of her body feels wider?

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

(see the answer keys)

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