Characters
Vocab
Homegoing Beginning
Homegoing Middle
Homegoing End
100

Define Linguistics

What is the scientific study of language and its structure

100

Who is known as “the beauty” of her village?

Who is Effia

100

Child of James and Amma, who seeks refuge with a white missionary in hopes of finding a better life but instead meets tragedy at a river

Who is Abena?

100

This West Africa fortress, once used to imprison slaves, is the final setting Marcus and Marjorie visit to connect with their shared history.

-What is Cape Coast Castle?

200

Esi- Esi was taken, beaten, and chained. These past- tense, passive verbs describe what was done to her.

- What is the Passive Voice

200

Define Syntax

What is the arrangement of words and phrases that form sentences in a language

200

Who was captured during a village raid and kept locked up underneath Cape Coast Castle?

Who is Esi?

200

What is Akua haunted by in her dreams?

What is dreams of fire? 

Bonus 100 if guessed guilt from past

200

This object, passed down Effia's lineage, is eventually handed to Marcus, symbolizing memeory, survival, and connection.

What is the black stone necklace?

300

James- Complete this comparative sentence using correct grammar:

"James was more conflicted than ___ about running from his family's legacy."

-Who is Quey?

300

Define Onomatopoeia

What is a word that imitates or sounds like the noise it describes

300

Effia is forced to marry this British governor, who works at Cape Coast Castle. What is his name?

Who is James Collin

300

Who becomes a history teacher in Ghana and carries the physical and emotional scars of their mother’s past?

Who is Yaw?

300

These two characters, representing the two separate branches of the family, finally meet at the end of the novel, symbolizing generationa; healing.

Who are Marcus and Marjorie?

400

Quey- Rewrite this sentence to correct the subject- verb agreement:

"Quey, along with his father and advisors, make decisions for the trade deals."

-What is: Quey, along with his father and advisors, makes decisions for the trade deals?

400

Define Lexicon

What is the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge

400

Effia’s people are allied with the British and participate in this trade that brings them wealth and power.

What is the slave trade 

400

Where does Willie migrate to escape the South?

Where is Harlem?

400

These two natural elements- one ties to Marcus, one ties to Marjorie- Symboloze ancestoral fear, trauma, and the chatacters' journey toward healing.

What are water and fire?

500

Ness- Identify the type of dependent clause in this sentence:

"Ness cried silently as the whip struck her back again."

-What is an adverbial clause?

500

Define Rhetoric

What is the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

500

What was the necklace called that was passed down through generations?

What is the “black stone” necklace

500

Which descendant of Esi physically recovers her black stone?

None, They don’t recover it. As Esi's black stone is lost, the stone from Effia's side is latter shared with Esi's descendant.

500

By the end of the nove, this word- also the title comes to represent both a spiritual reture and a literal journey toward ancestral understanding?

What is "Homegoing"?