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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 dish are Belinda and Mary cooking together when Mary relates the tradition about the egg?
(a) Eto.
(b) Kyew.
(c) Aane.
(d) Sa.

2. After listening for a few moments to a singer Amma likes, Belinda declares that the singer is obviously feeling what emotion?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Elation.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

3. What two colors are associated with wealth, according to Belinda?
(a) Blue and white.
(b) Blue and orange.
(c) Red and blue.
(d) Yellow and brown.

4. From whose perspective is Chapter 6 narrated?
(a) Amma.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Nana.
(d) Mary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8 takes place how many days after the end of Chapter 7?

2. Dr. Otuo tells Belinda emphatically that she is there to take what action?

3. How many students had been present at the seminar at which Amma met Roisin?

4. Belinda tells a story about a man with what primary quality, making Amma distinctly uncomfortable?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main source of Belinda's anxiety during the shopping trip on which Nana takes her?

2. What change in narrative perspective occurs at the start of Chapter 6?

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

4. Describe Donkor's use of allusion within Chapter 9.

5. What are the positive aspects that Belinda will miss about Mary?

6. What element of the burial scene in the prologue most upsets Belinda?

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

8. Who is Amma and in what ways does she act as a foil to Belinda?

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

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

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