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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. How long is Ali away from home before he returns?

2. What do Ali and Fusena insist upon before Ali leaves Ghana?

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

4. What does Oko think Esi has not lost?

5. Who do the two women think the best husband is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ali's father?

2. Where does Ogyaanowa end up staying for the summer and then longer?

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

4. Why is it important that Esi find a sympathetic ear in Opokuya?

5. What is ironic about Esi's problems with Oko?

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

7. What does Opokuya realize as she is riding home with Kubi?

8. Why is Esi hesitant to tell Opokuya what Esi is going through?

9. Who is Opokuya and what is her relationship to Esi?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Changes: A Love Story. Questions that Aidoo most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Aidoo's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Aidoo's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Ama Ata Aidoo and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.

Essay Topic 2

Over the past several hundred years, many emigrants have moved to the United States seeking relief from oppressive governments or oppressive cultural mores. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think Esi or few females from Ghana move away (besides economics).

2. Discuss some of the things that would drive you to leave your home country to move to a new country and different culture.

3. If there is nothing that would make you leave your home country, discuss what about your country makes you want to live there for your entire life.

4. If you lived in a strongly patriarchal country, would you want to move to a different country? Discuss in relation to Changes: A Love Story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Changes: A Love Story based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Changes: A Love Story is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that Changes: A Love Story is a feminist novel with a specific agenda changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

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