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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. The narrator states that Belinda had started working in Aunty and Uncle's house at the same time as which other character?
(a) Mary.
(b) Nana.
(c) Belinda's mother.
(d) Amma.

2. In Chapter 7, Mary and Belinda communicate with one another using what method?
(a) Mail.
(b) Phone call.
(c) Telegraph.
(d) Video call.

3. Chapter 8 takes place how many days after the end of Chapter 7?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. What substance do Amma and Helena ingest together throughout Amma's portrait-sitting?
(a) Tea.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Marijuana.

5. In what month of 2002 does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) November.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) February.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what singer is Amma listening when Belinda enters Amma's room for the first time?

2. In what sort of location is Belinda taken shopping for a new clothing?

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

4. What is the big change to which Belinda refers when discussing her mother's reaction?

5. What aspect of Amma's carriage at the Ghanafoo celebration is ridiculed by other Ghanaians at the party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the symbolism of the oily rag?

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

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

8. What does the kitchen sink symbolize in relation to Mary and Belinda's relationship?

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

10. For what reason does Nana bring Belinda to a shopping district in London?

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