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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of transportation do Kofi Ako and Anowa use in Phase two?
(a) Car.
(b) Train.
(c) Bus.
(d) Travel on foot.

2. What is revealed in the old man and woman's commentary, regarding Kofi's tendency to buy slaves?
(a) He is too greedy.
(b) He is doing it as an attempt to please Anowa.
(c) He uses the slaves to replace children.
(d) He uses slaves to solve his financial problems.

3. How many years pass when the scene is focused again on Kofi Ako and Anowa?
(a) Several.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Not many.

4. How does Anowa react to Kofi Ako's suggestion, regarding her lifestyle in Phase three?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She is insulted.
(c) She leaves him.
(d) She is saddened.

5. What does Kofi Ako finally tell Anowa she must do?
(a) Begin to act normal.
(b) Have a child.
(c) Leave his house.
(d) Buy a better dress.

6. Most people think that Anowa is what relation to Kofi Ako?
(a) His mistress.
(b) His slave.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

7. Who does the old woman blame for the state of the marriage between Kofi Ako and Anowa?
(a) Anowa.
(b) Badua.
(c) Kofi Ako.
(d) The slaves.

8. What is it that keeps Anowa from returning to Yebi?
(a) Pride.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Humility.

9. What does Anowa realize about Kofi Ako in Phase three?
(a) That he goes mad.
(b) That he is a bad man.
(c) That he becomes impotent.
(d) That he does not love her.

10. What prediction does the Old woman make in regard to the marriage of Kofi Ako and Anowa?
(a) That they split up.
(b) That Anowa crushes Kofi Ako.
(c) That he exercises his power over her.
(d) That Kofi Ako kills Anowa.

11. During a confrontation in Phase three, what does Kofi Ako tell Anowa he provides for her in the end?
(a) A house in Yebi.
(b) A nice home in Oguaa.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Money.

12. What does the old woman say about the business of slavery?
(a) That it is necessary.
(b) That she does not understand it.
(c) That it is morally wrong.
(d) She says nothing about it.

13. Badua believes that slavery _________________.
(a) Is nothing she ever hears of.
(b) Is something that cannot be changed.
(c) Makes life easier.
(d) Is morally wrong.

14. Who offers up the lessons in the story?
(a) The old man.
(b) Being-The-Mouth-That-Eats-Salt-And-Pepper.
(c) Panyin-Na-Kakra.
(d) The old woman.

15. How does Kofi Ako commit suicide?
(a) Gunshot.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Poison.
(d) Hanging.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in Phase three, it is many years since Kofi Ako and Anowa _________.

2. What is heard from offstage in Phase three?

3. Before Anowa's realization in Phase three, what is the community's assumption about Anowa?

4. What suggestion does Anowa make at the beginning of Phase two to Kofi Ako?

5. The scene of the funeral procession is what type of ending, as intended by Aidoo?

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