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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two: "Esi" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of James Collins's British wife?
(a) Emily.
(b) Charlotte.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Anne.

2. What does Maame reveal to Esi when the village is attacked?
(a) Maame wants to die alone.
(b) Maame is waiting for Abronoma's father.
(c) Maame set the fire the night of Effia's birth.
(d) Maame is not Esi's real mother.

3. Where does Esi spend her fifteenth birthday?
(a) At a quiet dinner on Big Man's Compound.
(b) The slave dungeon of the Cape Coast Castle.
(c) At a large party with her family and friends.
(d) Working on a plantation with other slaves.

4. Who marries Effia?
(a) Todd Phillips.
(b) An unnamed Fante man.
(c) An unnamed British soldier.
(d) James Collins.

5. Why does Baaba begin beating Effia?
(a) Effia lost the black stone.
(b) Effia dropped Fiifi.
(c) Effia stole a yam.
(d) Effia lied to Cobbe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Effia's real mother?

2. What does Baaba ask Effia to hide from everyone else?

3. How is "all time equal" (30) in the dungeons?

4. Why does Abeeku give up on marrying Effia?

5. As Esi is bound for the ship, how does she feel about the smile of any white man?

(see the answer key)

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