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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of relationships is the play built around?
(a) Woman-woman.
(b) Mother-daughter.
(c) Male-female.
(d) Husband-wife.

2. Which character is at the center of the play?
(a) Anowa.
(b) The old man and woman.
(c) Badua.
(d) The land.

3. How many surviving children does Badua have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. Who asks Anowa to marry him in Phase one?
(a) No one.
(b) A young man from the village.
(c) The old man.
(d) Kofi Ako.

5. In what year does Aidoo write "Anowa"?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1974.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Badua say in response to Anowa insisting on helping Kofi Ako?

2. What does Anowa insist she helps Kofi Ako with?

3. Anowa's personality/attitude _________ her from those around her.

4. Which character in the story uses a system of projection/replacement as a way of making up for his/her shortcomings?

5. How many reasons are there for the villagers to be angry with Anowa, in regard to her marital choices?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the discussion that occurs when the audience is first introduced to Badua and Osam in Phase one.

2. What is the function of Being-The-Mouth-That-Eats-Salt-And-Pepper, as described by Aidoo in the prologue?

3. Describe the first encounter between Kofi Ako and Anowa.

4. What is Anowa's personality like, as described in the Prologue of the play?

5. What is the real reason that Anowa commits suicide?

6. How is the weather of the Ghana coast described in the prologue?

7. What is Kofi Ako's reputation?

8. How is life lived in the village of Yebi?

9. How does Anowa react to Kofi Ako's request that she buy a new dress?

10. What does Kofi Ako wish for as Anowa sleeps?

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