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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two actions does Mary only half-jokingly tell Belinda are her favorite things to do?
(a) Play rough and tease.
(b) Use puns and tell jokes.
(c) Live and learn.
(d) Eat and sleep.

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

3. What television show do Belinda, Aunty, and Uncle watch together at the end of Chapter 34?
(a) The Cosby Show.
(b) A Different World.
(c) The Facts of Life.
(d) Silver Spoons.

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

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

6. What gift does Amma give to her mother Nana in Chapter 17, greatly surprising Nana?
(a) A framed photograph.
(b) A framed drawing.
(c) A framed collage.
(d) A framed painting.

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

8. What is the meaning of the Ghanaian phrase "me boa" (134) that Nana uses when she elicits a promise?
(a) I plead.
(b) I surrender.
(c) I lie.
(d) I ask.

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

10. When Belinda tells Mary the words she will use to tell Amma about Mary, what is NOT a word Belinda uses?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Clever.
(c) Special.
(d) Nice.

11. What meal does Belinda consider to be Dr. Otuo's favorite?
(a) Light Soup.
(b) Light Pie.
(c) Light Casserole.
(d) Light Bread.

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

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

14. On what television show had Nana watched the onscreen kiss while unknowingly being observed by Amma?
(a) Footballers' Wives.
(b) Coronation Street.
(c) Fawlty Towers.
(d) Brookside.

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. Amma cries in Chapter 30 when she witnesses what sight?

2. What spectacle does Belinda get to witness for the first time on the holiday celebration depicted in Chapter 24?

3. Chapter 25 begins how long after Chapter 24 ends?

4. What type of insect does Mary swallow while she is talking to Belinda on the phone?

5. Nana tells Amma that the news she has to share must be broken in what manner?

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