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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 asks her mother Nana in Chapter 17 if she may take which character to a party?
(a) Max.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Roisin.
(d) Helena.

2. What kind of vehicle runs over and kills Mary?
(a) A caravan.
(b) A truck.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A pedicab.

3. When Belinda is home sick with Amma, Belinda worries about falling behind in what arena?
(a) The writing of her short story.
(b) Housework.
(c) Studies.
(d) Her project with Mary.

4. On what television show had Nana watched the onscreen kiss while unknowingly being observed by Amma?
(a) Brookside.
(b) Footballers' Wives.
(c) Fawlty Towers.
(d) Coronation Street.

5. What aspect of the weather in London does Belinda find most distressing?
(a) The wind.
(b) The snow.
(c) The cold.
(d) The rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amma comes home in Chapter 30 to find which character standing at the end of the hallway in mourning clothes?

2. What happens at the meet-up between Roisin and Amma in Chapter 26?

3. Chapter 29 begins how many days after the end of Chapter 28?

4. Chapter 26 finds Amma waiting to meet whom?

5. Amma reflects on the fact that her mother Nana uses her "Parents Evening voice" (155) when she talks to what kind of people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Belinda's response when Mary asks Belinda to give Amma Mary's regards?

2. What reasons does Roisin offer for her ghosting of Amma and how do they all connect?

3. What major revelation does Amma make to Belinda?

4. For what reason does Nana become brusque and severe with Belinda in the time around the shopping trip to Waitrose?

5. For what reason does Amma instruct Belinda to smear cake icing onto her face?

6. What habit of Belinda's does Mary point out is still going on, even though Belinda is now in London rather than Duban?

7. How does Donkor incorporate sensory detail into Belinda's long walk between Streatham and Brixton Hills?

8. What does Amma's teddy bear symbolize?

9. What misconceptions does Belinda have about homosexuality?

10. For what reason are Belinda and Amma stuck together at home for two solid days in Chapter 19?

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