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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of transportation does Amma use on the day she decides to skip school in Chapter 29?
(a) Car.
(b) Train.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Moped.

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

3. What is the name of Amma's teddy bear?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Antony.
(c) Langston.
(d) Huey.

4. Amma reflects on the fact that her mother Nana uses her "Parents Evening voice" (155) when she talks to what kind of people?
(a) Young.
(b) Shy.
(c) White.
(d) African.

5. Chapter 34 begins when what kind of vehicle brings Belinda to Kumasi?
(a) A boat.
(b) A bus.
(c) A train.
(d) A plane.

6. Who is taking Belinda to school on the day she finds out the bad news about Mary?
(a) Nana.
(b) Roisin.
(c) Amma.
(d) Dr. Otuo.

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

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

9. When Roisin and Amma meet up in Chapter 26, how much time has gone by since they communicated last?
(a) Days.
(b) Hours.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

10. When Amma gets Belinda to dance, Amma mentally remarks that which part of her body feels wider?
(a) Her chest.
(b) Her head.
(c) Her hips.
(d) Her smile.

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

12. What type of establishment does Amma visit first on the day she chooses to skip school?
(a) A library.
(b) A sand castle contest.
(c) An art gallery.
(d) A zoo.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 31 takes place in what month of the year?

2. In Chapter 17, Nana forces Belinda to make what kind of promise?

3. Mary is upset when Belinda waits how many days after the party to call her at Aunty and Uncle's house?

4. Belinda wonders at the end of Chapter 34 how Aunty and Uncle feel about their own what?

5. How old was Amma when she secretly watched her mother Nana's reaction to an onscreen kiss?

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