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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer: Chapters 16-18 and Autumn: Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of Amma's appearance does Belinda consider "prettier and prettier" (126) as time goes on?
(a) The smoothness of her skin.
(b) Her curly hair.
(c) The gap between her front teeth.
(d) Her slender neck.

2. Belinda is surprised by which aspect of the photos she sees in Amma's bedroom?
(a) Amma's ease and friendliness in every photo.
(b) Amma's parents are absent in every photo.
(c) The number of friends who appear in Amma's photos.
(d) Amma's sad expressions in nearly every photo.

3. In what month of 2002 does Chapter 1 begin?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) June.
(d) November.

4. How old was Amma when she secretly watched her mother Nana's reaction to an onscreen kiss?
(a) 11 or 12.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 5 or 6.
(d) 9 or 10.

5. When Chapter 19 begins, both Amma and Belinda have come down with what malady?
(a) Strep throat.
(b) Influenza.
(c) A cold.
(d) Mono.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the Ghanaian phrase "me boa" (134) that Nana uses when she elicits a promise?

2. What items do the pallbearers request be brought to them?

3. When Belinda becomes uncomfortable with Amma's story about a beating, she steers the conversation to what subject?

4. Chapter 13 begins how far ahead of the Ghanafoo celebration?

5. Whom does Amma consider to be her best friend?

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