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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ness continue to work in the fields?
(a) Margaret hates her.
(b) Her scars are too grotesque and visible.
(c) Susan Stockham forbids her to work in the house.
(d) Ness chooses field work.

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

3. What happens to Esi's stone?
(a) She passes it to her daughter.
(b) She carries it with her wherever she goes.
(c) She must leave it buried in the wall of the Castle.
(d) She throws it into the ocean.

4. What is Pinky's first word?
(a) Momma.
(b) Ness.
(c) TimTam.
(d) Daddy.

5. How does Quey impress Cudjo?
(a) He beats the boy in a wrestling match.
(b) He shows the boy the arsenal of the Castle.
(c) He shares his toys with the boy.
(d) He speaks to the boy in English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fiifi want Quey to be his heir?

2. During Quey's chapter, we learn that another European nation is trading with the Fantes. Which one is it?

3. Why do the Northerners begin to scar the faces of their children?

4. What warning does James offer the children who are celebrating the death of the British Governor?

5. When a man wants to marry a village girl, what is a gift he does NOT offer the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss some of the differences James and Effia have when it comes to their understanding of voodoo and black magic.

2. Describe Kwame Asare's transition to the tile of "Big Man."

3. Why does James Richard Collins's full name bother his mother, Nana Yaa?

4. Why does Ness describe her marriage to Sam as "this unholy holy union" (81)?

5. Where does the name Ness come from?

6. Why have Quey and Fiifi arranged the marriage between James and Amma?

7. How has Ma Aku always comforted Kojo?

8. Why do Quey, James, Nana Yaa really travel to the Asante village?

9. Why does Fiifi capture Nana Yaa from the Asantes?

10. How is Esi's upbringing different from Effia's?

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