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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of Amma's carriage at the Ghanafoo celebration is ridiculed by other Ghanaians at the party?
(a) Her usage of Twi.
(b) Her usage of English slang.
(c) Her usage of English.
(d) Her usage of formal English.

2. What action does Belinda take in relation to seeing the coffin?
(a) She cannot look away from it.
(b) She can only look at it for brief moments at a time.
(c) She cannot look at it.
(d) She forces herself to look at it.

3. Which character does Belinda expect will be waiting for her at the airport in London?
(a) Aunty.
(b) Amma.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Nana.

4. When Chapter 1 begins, how many months has it been since Belinda started working in Aunty and Uncle's house?
(a) 3.
(b) 24.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

5. When Belinda goes shopping for new clothing, what object reminds her of Mary?
(a) A poster.
(b) A hair bow.
(c) A dress.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what type of physical greeting do Amma and Belinda engage when they first meet?

2. The narrator states that Belinda had started working in Aunty and Uncle's house at the same time as which other character?

3. About what element of London does Dr. Otuo complain on Belinda's first night in his home?

4. Whom does Amma consider to be her best friend?

5. From whose perspective is Chapter 12 narrated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Belinda succeed in calming Amma down when she has begun to sob during the visualization exercise?

2. What part of Amma's privilege frustrates her?

3. What is the significance of Amma's cigarette butt that she leaves behind a couch cushion?

4. What contrast does Belinda see between Amma's appearance and her scent?

5. In what way does the sound motif enter the narrative in relation to Belinda's feelings toward Mary?

6. What types of clues does Donkor provide to suggest that Mary might have endured trauma in her past?

7. What sort of coping mechanism does Belinda suggest as a remedy for Mary's unhappiness?

8. How does Belinda come to be employed with Aunty and Uncle as a housegirl?

9. What major difference in relation to pets does Belinda relate to Mary in their first phone call after being parted?

10. Discuss a striking use of metaphor that occurs in the prologue.

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