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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What doesn't Esi worry about concerning Ali?

2. What was a major reason Oko was first attracted to Esi?

3. Where does Ali earn a Master's degree?

4. Who greets Esi at Hotel Twentieth Century?

5. What does Esi refuse from Ali Kondey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ali's attitude towards Esi before she is divorced?

2. What does the narrator say about Ali Kondey at the opening of this chapter.

3. What do both families insist happen before Ali leave for England?

4. How does Ali feel about his father and how is he different from his father?

5. What does Esi say that makes Opokuya feel concern for Esi?

6. What does Esi say is the cause of the failure of her marriage?

7. What does Oko think as he watches Esi dress?

8. What are each person's reasons for wanting the car this particular morning?

9. How does Oko feel about the end of his marriage a year or so later?

10. What does Oko do when he receives Esi's request for a divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss one of the following in relation to Changes: A Love Story:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Esi and Opokuya. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Is either woman's beliefs more worthy than the other? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Oko and Ali. How are they similar? How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Setting as far as place and time play an important role in Changes: A Love Story. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast several aspects of the setting of that time (late 1900s) from how it would be today. Consider things such as cultural norms/expectations, technology, religion and medicine.

2. Do you think Changes: A Love Story would be different if it were set in the United States? Consider the cultural differences as you discuss the way the story would change is set in the United States.

3. Discuss some of the differences between the United States and Ghana, as far as the relationship between men and women and gender expectations. What are some similarities?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Changes: A Love Story.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Changes: A Love Story. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Changes: A Love Story. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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