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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Amma's portrait-sitting, she asks Helena to tell her a story about a time when Helena was what?
(a) Scared.
(b) Elated.
(c) In trouble.
(d) In love.

2. When Belinda attended school in Adurubaa, how did she always perform when test results were announced?
(a) In the top 10.
(b) In the lowest 5.
(c) In the lowest 3.
(d) In the top 3.

3. Whom does Amma consider to be her best friend?
(a) Mary.
(b) Helena.
(c) Roisin.
(d) Belinda.

4. What substance do Amma and Helena ingest together throughout Amma's portrait-sitting?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Tea.

5. When Amma picks Belinda up from the airport in London, what preemptive comment does Amma make to Belinda?
(a) She says that she knows she smells bad but that she did not have time to shower.
(b) She says that Belinda cannot borrow any of her clothes.
(c) She says that she is aware that Belinda is probably hungry.
(d) She says she knows her hair is messy and that she likes it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month of 2002 does Chapter 1 begin?

2. In what sort of location is Belinda taken shopping for a new clothing?

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

4. Amma sees Belinda as someone who is "happy to be" (105) what?

5. The narrator states that Belinda had started working in Aunty and Uncle's house at the same time as which other character?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of Amma's privilege frustrates her?

2. What types of clues does Donkor provide to suggest that Mary might have endured trauma in her past?

3. What negative aspects of Mary's presence seem to affect Belinda?

4. How does the theme of hope enter the narrative when Belinda impresses upon Amma her wish that Amma attend the Ghanafoo?

5. What are the positive aspects that Belinda will miss about Mary?

6. What is the symbolism of the oily rag?

7. What is the main source of Belinda's anxiety during the shopping trip on which Nana takes her?

8. What change in narrative perspective occurs at the start of Chapter 6?

9. How does Belinda succeed in calming Amma down when she has begun to sob during the visualization exercise?

10. What is the significance of Amma's cigarette butt that she leaves behind a couch cushion?

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