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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. When Belinda and Mary return from the zoo, Belinda marvels once more at which aspect of Aunty and Uncle's lifestyle?
(a) Their ornate clothing.
(b) Their medical care.
(c) Their amount of leisure time.
(d) Their clean water.

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

3. To what singer is Amma listening when Belinda enters Amma's room for the first time?
(a) Thom Yorke.
(b) Kurt Cobain.
(c) Katy Perry.
(d) Jim Morrison.

4. Over which author do Belinda and Amma bond while they are at home sick together?
(a) Nabakov.
(b) Atwood.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Achebe.

5. Belinda tells Amma that she should attend the traditional event called the Ghanafoo for whose sake?
(a) Nana's.
(b) Doctor Otuo's.
(c) Amma's own.
(d) Belinda's.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose perspective is Chapter 10 narrated?

2. What quality of a particular singer's voice does Amma name when she explains her affinity to Belinda?

3. What object does one of the two young Jamaican women on the bus wave around as she shouts?

4. When Belinda first meets Helena, she mentally refers to her in connection with which physical attribute?

5. What sound does Belinda hear during the shopping trip that soothes her greatly?

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