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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. Chapter 13 begins how far ahead of the Ghanafoo celebration?
(a) The month before.
(b) The week before.
(c) The night before.
(d) On the same night.

2. What sound does Belinda hear during the shopping trip that soothes her greatly?
(a) The sound of laughing children.
(b) The sound of rainfall.
(c) The sound of church bells.
(d) The sound of honking cars.

3. In what sort of location is Belinda taken shopping for a new clothing?
(a) A tailoring shop.
(b) An open-air market.
(c) A shop on a busy city street.
(d) A mall.

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

5. In what room of Helena's house does Helena paint a portrait of Amma in Chapter 9?
(a) The library.
(b) The conservatory.
(c) The parlor.
(d) The study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nana suggests that Belinda tell Amma to help her get to and from what location each day?

2. Belinda recalls using what object as a desk during her time living at home and attending school?

3. From whose perspective is Chapter 12 narrated?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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