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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. During the phone call between Mary and Belinda in Chapter 18, Mary reports that Aunty and Uncle had allowed her to watch what event?
(a) The interview of the new housegirl.
(b) The dismissal of the previous housegirl.
(c) The inauguration of the new mayor.
(d) The slaughter of the pig.

2. What thought generally keeps Amma from skipping school, even when she wants to do so?
(a) Her mother's punishments.
(b) Her father's rags-to-riches immigration story.
(c) The amount of work she will miss.
(d) Her attendance history.

3. What action does one of the young Jamaican women on the bus take when Belinda mentions family?
(a) She leads her friend off of the bus.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She grabs a fistful of Amma's hair.
(d) She yells at the bus driver to stop.

4. Amma comes home in Chapter 30 to find which character standing at the end of the hallway in mourning clothes?
(a) Dr. Otuo.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Nana.
(d) Aunty.

5. What aspect of Amma's appearance does Belinda consider "prettier and prettier" (126) as time goes on?
(a) The smoothness of her skin.
(b) Her slender neck.
(c) Her curly hair.
(d) The gap between her front teeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What aspect of the weather in London does Belinda find most distressing?

3. Chapter 34 begins when what kind of vehicle brings Belinda to Kumasi?

4. What advice does Belinda give to Amma in Chapter 28?

5. Mary is upset when Belinda waits how many days after the party to call her at Aunty and Uncle's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspect of Belinda's reaction to the news about Mary causes Amma to cry "hot tears" (223)?

2. What event causes Amma to feel a sense of purpose previously unfamiliar to her?

3. What is Belinda's reaction to the place to which Amma takes her on their eighth trip home from Abacus College?

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

5. What does Amma believe about the need for love to be public?

6. What does Amma's teddy bear symbolize?

7. What major revelation does Amma make to Belinda?

8. Why is Belinda's wrist hurting her "during the long week of complete silence between Belinda and Amma" (189)?

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

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

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