Changes: A Love Story Test | Final Test - Hard

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Changes: A Love Story Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 is one thing Esi's father asks Ali?

2. What does Ali do but is unable to keep up?

3. What shocks Ali's female relatives?

4. What is the other think Esi's father asks Ali?

5. Where does Kubi and two nephews go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ali decide to do to assuage his guilt, but how does that only increase his guilt and Esi's shame?

2. How does Esi being there help Opokuya out of a dilemma and what does every advise Esi to do?

3. What does Ali propose to Esi and what is her response?

4. How is Esi feeling after a year of marriage to Ali?

5. For what does Ali apologize to his people and how does he rationalize his actions?

6. What does the conversation between Ama and Aba concern at the opening to the second part of Changes?

7. What happens that makes Fusena give her consent to Ali marrying Esi?

8. Why would it have been different if Oko had taken a second wife?

9. Describe Kubi and Oko's interaction.

10. What insecurities and fears does it bring up for Fusena when Ali mentions that his intended second wife has a university degree?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles can often say much about a story. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think there is something ironic about the title Changes: A Love Story? Why or why not. Discuss fully.

2. Who changes and why? Are the changes positive? Do they demonstrate a new understanding or wisdom?

3. Is it likely that Ali would never marry a second wife if he knew the problems it would entail? Do you think he would take on a third wife? Does he change?

3.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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