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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Questions.
(d) Problems.

2. Nana tells Amma that the news she has to share must be broken in what manner?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Slowly.
(c) Gently.
(d) Forcefully.

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

4. Which two characters do not speak to one another at all during the span between Chapters 24 and 25?
(a) Amma and Helena.
(b) Belinda and Amma.
(c) Nana and Belinda.
(d) Dr. Otuo and Amma.

5. Amma comes home in Chapter 30 to find which character standing at the end of the hallway in mourning clothes?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Nana.
(c) Dr. Otuo.
(d) Aunty.

6. In what location is Belinda when she starts imagining Amma having sex with another young woman?
(a) School.
(b) In Amma's bedroom.
(c) In the Otuos' kitchen.
(d) At Harrods.

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

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

9. Belinda describes Mary as "a friend who has a very big" what "inside of her" (146)?
(a) Void.
(b) Light.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Heart.

10. Which Shakespeare play does Belinda discuss with Amma when they are home sick together?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) A Midsummer Night's Dream.

11. In Chapter 17, Nana forces Belinda to make what kind of promise?
(a) That she will stop cleaning.
(b) That she will never lie to Nana again.
(c) That she will be stricter with Amma.
(d) That she will be nicer to Amma.

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

13. Chapter 31 takes place in what month of the year?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) August.
(d) May.

14. Amma asks her mother Nana in Chapter 17 if she may take which character to a party?
(a) Helena.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Max.
(d) Roisin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way to Kumasi, Belinda thinks about a tro tro ride she had taken with which character?

2. In Chapter 28, it is made very clear that Belinda believes what to be a choice?

3. Who wakes Belinda in Chapter 32 so that she can answer a phone call from London?

4. Who calls Belinda from London in Chapter 32?

5. When Chapter 19 begins, both Amma and Belinda have come down with what malady?

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