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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 long after closing the trinket box does Amma allow herself to open it again?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 hours.

2. What action does Belinda take when Mary burns her hands peeling the eggs?
(a) She makes an ointment for Mary.
(b) She runs to tell Aunty.
(c) She scolds Mary for being so careless.
(d) She takes her to the sink and runs her hands under cold water.

3. What is the name of the clothing store where Belinda buys new clothing?
(a) Spencer and Savoy.
(b) Marks and Momentum.
(c) Marks and Spencer.
(d) Herrod's.

4. Belinda thinks to herself that school means what?
(a) Power.
(b) Rules.
(c) Boys.
(d) Sitting up straight.

5. Dr. Otuo tells Belinda emphatically that she is there to take what action?
(a) To improve her English.
(b) To learn.
(c) To report back on Amma's activities.
(d) To clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which act by the pallbearers inspires the mourners to respond with cheers?

2. Amma recalls that she had closed the trinket box long ago on which day of the week?

3. How old is Belinda in Chapter 1?

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

5. When Belinda and Mary return from the zoo, Belinda marvels once more at which aspect of Aunty and Uncle's lifestyle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mary's perspective on karma?

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

5. How does the theme of hope enter the narrative when Belinda impresses upon Amma her wish that Amma attend the Ghanafoo?

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

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

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

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

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

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