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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 is Amani uninterested in going to Africa?

2. How long has it taken H to save $5?

3. How does Willie feel when she smiles at Robert on the street?

4. Where is Sonny when he is first introduced?

5. What is the daily coal quota each man must meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. To Willie and Carson, what is worse than ending up dead?

2. Why is it so hurtful to Ethe when H calls her by the wrong name?

3. What racial inequalities do Willie and Robert face once they are in Harlem?

4. How does Yaw use his scars to teach history to his students?

5. Why do the villagers associate all white men, even the missionary, with the word "obroni" or "Wicked Man" (180)?

6. Why might the novel Lord of the Flies be symbolic?

7. How do Marjorie and Marcus help each other?

8. What prompts Sonny to give up his work for the NAACP?

9. Why does the move to the Cape Coast allow Akua to move from being the Crazy Woman to Old Lady?

10. How might a miner die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you evaluate the statement, "those who had been determined to stay on the fence found themselves without a fence at all" (125).

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay detailing how true historical events impact the characters and action of Homegoing.

Essay Topic 3

There are many dysfunctional relationships throughout the text. However, there are also some in which genuine affection and true love abound. Write an essay in which you examine how one or more relationship in the text can serve as a guide for what a romantic relationship can and should be like.

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