2. How long does Kojo wait for Anna to return before moving to New York?
(a) One year.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) He never moves to New York.
(d) Ten years.

3. What sort of work does Ma Aku believe is bad luck?
(a) Cars.
(b) Ships.
(c) Bikes.
(d) Docks.

4. Where does James flee when he pretends to be travelling with Effia?
(a) The Cape Coast Castle.
(b) Efutu.
(c) Fanteland.
(d) Asanteland.

5. Akosua mentions some new tribes and countries that are involved in the slave trade. What are they?
(a) Argentina and Germany.
(b) Ethiopian and Italian.
(c) North and South.
(d) Ga and Dutch.

6. What is Ness's name short for?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Simpleness.
(c) Goodness.
(d) Kindness.

7. Why does Aku introduce herself to Ness?
(a) She hears Ness singing in the Asante Twi.
(b) She knows Ness from the ship.
(c) She recognizes Ness as Esi's daughter.
(d) She likes Ness from the start.

8. Who are Esi's parents?
(a) Cobbe Otcher and Effia.
(b) Big Man and Maame.
(c) James Collins and Maame.
(d) Maame and a servant man.

9. Why is Quey sent to England for school?
(a) Effia wants the family to move to London.
(b) James catches Quey and Cudjo drinking.
(c) James catches Quey and Cudjo in an erotic embrace.
(d) Effia thinks her boy deserves the best education.

10. The novel opens in what place?
(a) The Ivory Coast.
(b) Cape Coast Castle.
(c) Asante.
(d) Fanteland.

11. What is the most likely reason that Pinky and Ness connect so closely?
(a) They both know the pain of the hiccups.
(b) They both have visible scars.
(c) They both understand the loss of a mother.
(d) They both fear Master Stockham.

12. Where does Abena hope to go?
(a) Kumasi.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) The Gold Coast.

13. How have Kojo and Anna named their children?
(a) By their African ancestry.
(b) By the states in the union.
(c) By the letters of the alphabet.
(d) By the constellations.

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

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