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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 days after parting from one another do Mary and Belinda first communicate again?
(a) 9.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

3. What mode of transportation do Amma and Belinda use to get from the airport to Nana's house?
(a) Bus.
(b) Train.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Taxi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Amma's room contains many different stacks composed of which kind of object?

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

3. What quality of Belinda's does Nana say will eventually bring Amma around?

4. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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