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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. What type of transportation does Amma use on the day she decides to skip school in Chapter 29?
2. Which two characters do not speak to one another at all during the span between Chapters 24 and 25?
3. Who is taking Belinda to school on the day she finds out the bad news about Mary?
4. Amma comes home in Chapter 30 to find which character standing at the end of the hallway in mourning clothes?
5. What television show do Belinda, Aunty, and Uncle watch together at the end of Chapter 34?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Belinda's reaction to the place to which Amma takes her on their eighth trip home from Abacus College?
2. How does Belinda feel after she tells Amma the truth about her mother's profession?
3. What action does Belinda take on the bus that results in Amma's admiration?
4. For what reason are Belinda and Amma stuck together at home for two solid days in Chapter 19?
5. Why is Belinda's wrist hurting her "during the long week of complete silence between Belinda and Amma" (189)?
6. Describe Helena's personality.
7. What does Amma believe about the need for love to be public?
8. What major plot point occurs within the scene at Starbucks?
9. What aspect of Belinda's reaction to the news about Mary causes Amma to cry "hot tears" (223)?
10. What is Belinda's response when Mary asks Belinda to give Amma Mary's regards?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the theme of control within Housegirl. What is Donkor’s message regarding control and how do you know?
Essay Topic 2
Look carefully at the passages of Housegirl that describe the close relationship between Belinda and Mary. What is Donkor’s purpose for discussing at length the nature of the connection between Mary and Belinda? How does Mary’s death play into this purpose in both the prologue and final chapter of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
What lessons are readers of Housegirl meant to take with them from the reading of the novel and how does Donkor communicate that he wants readers to apply these lessons to their own lives?
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