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

2. From whose perspective is Chapter 12 narrated?
(a) Nana's.
(b) Amma's.
(c) Belinda's.
(d) Mary's.

3. When Belinda and Mary return from the zoo, Belinda marvels once more at which aspect of Aunty and Uncle's lifestyle?
(a) Their clean water.
(b) Their ornate clothing.
(c) Their medical care.
(d) Their amount of leisure time.

4. Which character does Belinda expect will be waiting for her at the airport in London?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Amma.
(c) Nana.
(d) Aunty.

5. What quality of Belinda's does Nana say will eventually bring Amma around?
(a) Strictness.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Grace.
(d) Gentleness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mode of transportation do Amma and Belinda use to get from the airport to Nana's house?

2. According to the tradition explained by Mary, which person must swallow a whole boiled egg without breaking it?

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

4. What two colors are associated with wealth, according to Belinda?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what way does the sound motif enter the narrative in relation to Belinda's feelings toward Mary?

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

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

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