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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. When Belinda attended school in Adurubaa, how did she always perform when test results were announced?
(a) In the top 3.
(b) In the lowest 5.
(c) In the top 10.
(d) In the lowest 3.

2. In Chapter 6, Amma attends a party thrown by whom?
(a) Max.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Helena.
(d) Roisin.

3. What quality of a particular singer's voice does Amma name when she explains her affinity to Belinda?
(a) Its reverberation.
(b) Its ethereal nature.
(c) Its haunting nature.
(d) Its stoic nature.

4. Amma's room contains many different stacks composed of which kind of object?
(a) Aquariums.
(b) Board games.
(c) Records.
(d) Books.

5. Whom does Amma consider to be her best friend?
(a) Roisin.
(b) Mary.
(c) Belinda.
(d) Helena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amma had first met Roisin at a seminar offered for what type of student?

2. After listening for a few moments to a singer Amma likes, Belinda declares that the singer is obviously feeling what emotion?

3. When Belinda becomes uncomfortable with Amma's story about a beating, she steers the conversation to what subject?

4. In what month of 2002 does Chapter 1 begin?

5. What type of person is being beaten in Amma's story from her time in Ghana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What sort of coping mechanism does Belinda herself long to use after she is "attacked" (80) with Amma's teddy bear?

(see the answer keys)

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