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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. What is Sonny's birth name?

2. How do the mine bosses replace the striking miners?

3. Who are Sonny's birth parents?

4. How does Willie chastise Eli?

5. What memento of Marjorie's has Old Lady put in the ocean so that Marjorie will always be able to find home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What enables Willie to begin singing again in church?

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

3. How does H's imprisonment prove the inequalities faced by other black men during this time period?

4. In what ways has Willie marched?

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

6. How do Marjorie and Marcus help each other?

7. How might a miner die?

8. What about H puts him in danger with the police and the bosses?

9. Why is Marcus afraid of water?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the text, the Twi language plays a great role in the lives of various characters. Write an essay detailing how the language impacts the course of at least three characters' lives.

Essay Topic 2

Both Quey and Effia struggle understand James Collins and his ability to treat Akan people so savagely. Write an essay in which you detail Collins's motivation and his ability to differentiate between his family members and the Africans he views as cattle.

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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