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

2. What type of transportation does Amma use on the day she decides to skip school in Chapter 29?
(a) Train.
(b) Bicycle.
(c) Moped.
(d) Car.

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

4. Chapter 26 finds Amma waiting to meet whom?
(a) Roisin.
(b) Mary.
(c) Nana.
(d) Helena.

5. Belinda describes Mary as "a friend who has a very big" what "inside of her" (146)?
(a) Void.
(b) Heart.
(c) Light.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is taking Belinda to school on the day she finds out the bad news about Mary?

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

3. What is NOT an ability, quality, or element Amma considers to be interesting when found in humans?

4. Amma cries in Chapter 30 when she witnesses what sight?

5. What advice does the caller from London give to Belinda?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To what type of location does Amma take Belinda on the girls' eighth trip home from Abacus College?

3. What is the significance of Amma's memory of the television show called Brookside?

4. What action does Belinda take on the bus that results in Amma's admiration?

5. How does Belinda feel after she tells Amma the truth about her mother's profession?

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

7. How does Belinda react to the major revelation Amma makes to her?

8. What major revelation does Amma make to Belinda?

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

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

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