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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other woman in Phase one carrying?
(a) Wool.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Soup.
(d) Clothes.

2. How many reasons are there for the villagers to be angry with Anowa, in regard to her marital choices?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

3. Who do the old man and old woman react with during Phase one?
(a) No one.
(b) Anowa.
(c) Osam.
(d) Badua.

4. How many years pass since the treaty is signed with the Europeans, as Aidoo sets the play up?
(a) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

5. What does Anowa tell her parents that she finally finds?
(a) A man she wants to marry.
(b) A new job.
(c) A child.
(d) An apprenticeship for high priestess.

6. How many of these relationship couplings are presented within the play?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

7. Who does Badua discuss Anowa with at the beginning of Phase one?
(a) Kofi Ako.
(b) The old woman.
(c) The old man.
(d) Osam.

8. Badua believes that Kofi Ako comes from what kind of family?
(a) An honest family.
(b) A wealthy family.
(c) A family of thieves.
(d) A bad family.

9. How many years past puberty is Anowa?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

10. What is the ultimate consequence of Anowa's behavior, as stated in the prologue?
(a) Reward.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Death.
(d) Abandonment.

11. What is the voice of the old man and woman supposed to represent in terms of the village?
(a) A type of godly figure.
(b) Anowa's grandparents.
(c) Tribe ghosts.
(d) The whole of the village.

12. As explained in the prologue, who sets up the tale of Anowa?
(a) Tribe elders.
(b) Slave boys.
(c) Badua.
(d) The ghost of Anowa.

13. According to the village customs, being born a high priestess is ____________.
(a) A great tragedy.
(b) A high honor.
(c) Great responsibility.
(d) Frowned upon.

14. What is the name of the village, in which "Anowa" takes place?
(a) Oyo.
(b) Yebi.
(c) Shona.
(d) Genji.

15. Who, in Phase one, makes the suggestion of Anowa becoming a high priestess?
(a) Badua.
(b) Anowa.
(c) Kofi Ako.
(d) Osam.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom is a large part of Anowa's country ruled?

2. According to Aidoo's explanation in the prologue, where do the white men come from?

3. What is another name for the coast on which the play is set?

4. What does Osam attempt in Phase one in order to gain some control/peace?

5. How many surviving children does Badua have?

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