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WorksheetsHomegoing Effia Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
What catastrophe occurs the night Effia is born?
A fire
An invasion
A murder
A flood
When a man wants to marry a village girl, what is a gift he does NOT offer the family?
Money
Goats
Yams
Love
Abeeku says that, under his rule, the village will not work for the British. What does he claim they will do instead?
Overthrow the British
Work with the British
Become the British
Ignore the British
What is Abeeku's nickname for Effia?
The Wise
The Mystery
The Beauty
The One
What does Baaba ask Effia to hide from everyone else?
Her identity
Her period
Her illness
Her money
What is special about Millicent?
She is the daughter of a village woman and British man
She can speak English fluently
She can dance and sing better than all the village girls
She knows how to use the black stones for magic
Why does Abeeku give up on marrying Effia?
He no longer loves her
She makes him angry
She tells him she does not love him
He thinks she is cursed
Who marries Effia?
An unnamed Fante man
James Collins
An unnamed British soldier
Todd Phillips
What secret does Effia discover after she marries?
Ghosts inhabit the Cape Coast Castle.
Humans are kept captive under the Cape Coast Castle
James is not allowed in the Cape Coast Castle
No one can leave the Cape Coast Castle
What does Adwoa convince Effia to put under the bed to enhance fertility?
Small stones
Black clothes
Large roots
White sheets
Who is Effia's real mother?
A witch doctor
A house girl
A British slave
A village girl
What is Effia's father's name?
Fiifi
Cobbe
Maame
Baaba
Who is next in line to be chief of Effia's village?
Fiifi
Cobbe
Adwoa
Abeeku
What does Baaba give to Effia before she leaves for the Castle?
a black stone
a letter written in English to show to her new husband
Food for her journey
a fertility charm
Why does Effia travel back to her village after becoming pregnant?
She does not want to go to England
She wants to find out who her real mother is
Her father is dying
She gets a mysterious illness
