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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. Why do Ness and Sam marry?

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

3. Who is Quey's mother?

4. What is the name of the witch doctor James sees to treat his impotence?

5. How does Tansi comfort Esi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Abena so bothered when Ohene Nyarko insists upon calling her "darling" (143)?

2. Why is the year 1807 important within James's chapter?

3. How does Mr. Stockham come to think that Ness is trying to beat his son?

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

5. What is the significance of the kente cloth?

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

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

8. Why might Maame choose to beat Abronoma, rather than allowing Big Man to do it?

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

10. Why have the tribes begun to scar the faces of their children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Baaba's "nothing from nowhere" curse play out with different characters throughout the novel? Be sure to reference at least three different characters.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you detail the symbolism of the different types of scars carried by multiple characters. Are there ever any instances when those marks prove useful, or are they always detrimental? Is it true that "you could not inherit a scar" (228)?

Essay Topic 3

Homegoing explores several different husband-wife relationships between village women and British men. Select two of those relationships and discuss how those relationships can be compared and contrasted.

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