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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. How many students had been present at the seminar at which Amma met Roisin?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

2. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Wrenches.
(c) Lead pipes.
(d) Hammers.

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

4. Amma sees Belinda as someone who is "happy to be" (105) what?
(a) Led.
(b) Fed.
(c) Alive.
(d) Calm.

5. Nana suggests that Belinda tell Amma to help her get to and from what location each day?
(a) Abacus College.
(b) Acadia College.
(c) Aaron College.
(d) Abraham College.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Chapter 1 begins, how many months has it been since Belinda started working in Aunty and Uncle's house?

4. Belinda thinks to herself that school means what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What negative aspects of Mary's presence seem to affect Belinda?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the symbolism of the oily rag?

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

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

9. What simile does Mary employ in order to describe her idea of an automaton lifestyle?

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

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