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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: "December 2002," Spring: Chapters 1-3, and Summer: Chapters 4-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Belinda take when Mary burns her hands peeling the eggs?
(a) She scolds Mary for being so careless.
(b) She runs to tell Aunty.
(c) She takes her to the sink and runs her hands under cold water.
(d) She makes an ointment for Mary.

2. Which act by the pallbearers inspires the mourners to respond with cheers?
(a) They engage in a wrestling contest.
(b) They lift the coffin.
(c) They show off their muscles.
(d) They place the coffin in the ground.

3. What dish are Belinda and Mary cooking together when Mary relates the tradition about the egg?
(a) Aane.
(b) Kyew.
(c) Sa.
(d) Eto.

4. About whom does Mary give Belinda advice within their first correspondence after parting from one another?
(a) Nana.
(b) Doctor Otuo.
(c) Aunty.
(d) Amma.

5. According to the tradition explained by Mary, which person must swallow a whole boiled egg without breaking it?
(a) A bride.
(b) A groom.
(c) A shaman.
(d) A debutante.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Amma attends a party thrown by whom?

2. Dr. Otuo tells Belinda emphatically that she is there to take what action?

3. What object is described in the prologue as "like a slice of wedding cake" (ix)?

4. In Chapter 6, Amma thinks about the fact that she had spent the whole party the night before inside of what room?

5. After hearing Belinda's story about a man in Ghana, Amma tells her own story about a memory she has from what stage of her life?

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