Homegoing Quiz

Take our free Homegoing quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Seeds appear in Part 1, Chapter 7 as important images of hope. Which manifestation of the image relates most closely to the situation at the end of Part 1, Chapter 7? (from Part 1, Chapter 7)

The second one, when Ohene brings them to the village: in that moment, they represent possibility and new life, just like Abena’s actions at the end of the chapter.

The first one, when Abena's mother brings them to the village: in that moment, they represent her daughter's fertility.

The first one, when “Unlucky” crushes them: in that moment, they represent the death of possibility and hope, just like Abena’s actions at the end of the chapter.

The second one, when Ohene brings them to the village: in that moment, they represent possibility and new life, just like Abena’s actions at the end of the chapter.

Why is Ma Aku called “Ma”? (from Part 1, Chapter 6)

She is essentially Anna’s mother after they both escape from slavery.

She is Anna’s mother.

She is the mother of the oldest of Jo’s children.

She is essentially Jo’s mother after they both escape from slavery.

The image of Akua’s dream that concludes the Part 2, Chapter 2 (that is: of the firewoman with two children) can be seen as echoing which earlier aspect of the book? (from Part 2, Chapter 2)

Anna and her two dead children, H and Jo.

Effia and her two children, Quey and Akosua.

Maame and her two daughters, Effia and Esi.

Maame and her two sons, Quey and James.

Who is Governor James? (from Part 1, Chapter 2)

The man who betrays Esi to the slave masters.

Effia’s husband from Chapter 1.

The man who purchases Esi to be a slave in his home.

Effia’s owner from Chapter 1.

When Willie refers to white people putting black men in coal mines, what particular experience is she probably referring to? (from Part 2, Chapter 5)

The experience of her father (H) working as a virtual slave in a coal mine.

Her own experience working as a virtual slave / housekeeper in a coal-mining white family.

Her own experience working as a virtual slave as a cook at a coal mine.

The experience of her grandfather (Kojo) working as a virtual slave in a coal mine.