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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. Which character does Belinda expect will be waiting for her at the airport in London?
(a) Aunty.
(b) Nana.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Amma.

2. Belinda recalls using what object as a desk during her time living at home and attending school?
(a) A mini fridge.
(b) A cardboard box.
(c) A counter.
(d) A dresser.

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

4. Amma's room contains many different stacks composed of which kind of object?
(a) Aquariums.
(b) Records.
(c) Board games.
(d) Books.

5. What are Belinda's favorite flowers in the Otuos' garden?
(a) Violets.
(b) Posies.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Hydrangeas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8 takes place how many days after the end of Chapter 7?

2. From whose perspective is Chapter 12 narrated?

3. From whose perspective is Chapter 10 narrated?

4. Belinda that she believes she will miss "how quickly and dramatically" Mary's what appears able to change?

5. What sort of odor does Amma believe her best friend has?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of coping mechanism does Belinda herself long to use after she is "attacked" (80) with Amma's teddy bear?

2. Who is Amma and in what ways does she act as a foil to Belinda?

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

4. What sort of coping mechanism does Belinda suggest as a remedy for Mary's unhappiness?

5. For what reason does Nana bring Belinda to a shopping district in London?

6. How does Belinda come to be employed with Aunty and Uncle as a housegirl?

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

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

9. What is the symbolism of the oily rag?

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

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