Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters: “Effia” – “Quey”

Reading Check

1. Who does Effia marry?

2. Who left Effia the stone she wears around her neck?

3. Where is Esi held captive?

4. Who does Esi send a message to?

5. What two languages does Quey speak?

6. Who is Quey’s uncle?

Multiple Choice

1. Why does Abeeku choose to marry Effia to a white man rather than himself?

A) because she is unattractive

B) because the marriage would provide an alliance for the village

C) because he is already married to Millicent

D) because she has not yet started menstruation

2. What does Effia feel when her father, Cobbe, finally dies?

A) relief and happiness

B) surprise and anger

C) unrest and sadness

D) indifference

3. Why does Big Man beat Little Dove (Abronoma)?

A) She spilled water on Esi.

B) The villagers wanted him to.

C) Everyone would think he was weak if he did not.

D) She spit on the ground in front of him.

4. Quey is sent to London after his father catches him doing what?

A) visiting with captive slaves in the dungeon

B) spending too much time with his mother, Effia

C) fighting with his uncle

D) wrestling with Cudjo

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences.