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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 7, Mary and Belinda communicate with one another using what method?
2. In Chapter 6, Amma thinks about the fact that she had spent the whole party the night before inside of what room?
3. What sort of odor does Amma believe her best friend has?
4. In what type of physical greeting do Amma and Belinda engage when they first meet?
5. From whose perspective is Chapter 10 narrated?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the main source of Belinda's anxiety during the shopping trip on which Nana takes her?
2. What sort of coping mechanism does Belinda herself long to use after she is "attacked" (80) with Amma's teddy bear?
3. What is the significance of Amma's cigarette butt that she leaves behind a couch cushion?
4. What types of clues does Donkor provide to suggest that Mary might have endured trauma in her past?
5. What are the positive aspects that Belinda will miss about Mary?
6. What does the kitchen sink symbolize in relation to Mary and Belinda's relationship?
7. In what way does the sound motif enter the narrative in relation to Belinda's feelings toward Mary?
8. Who is Amma and in what ways does she act as a foil to Belinda?
9. What negative aspects of Mary's presence seem to affect Belinda?
10. What change in narrative perspective occurs at the start of Chapter 6?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Donkor in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Housegirl. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Donkor’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
What messages does Donkor send about race and culture within the novel and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze Donkor’s focus on the theme of class difference in Housegirl. What message is Donkor sending about wealth, socioeconomic status, and privilege?
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