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

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

3. Aidoo writes her play during what major political literary movement?
(a) Post modernist.
(b) Cultural relativism.
(c) Pan-African.
(d) Realism.

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

5. Who does Anowa bring her chores to when they are completed?
(a) The high priestess.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Kofi Ako.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character "wasshes their hands" of Anowa in phase 1?

2. The grand theme of this play lies mainly in what?

3. How many years are men asking for Anowa's hand in marriage, as stated in the prologue?

4. What does Osam say about the men from Kofi Ako's family?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kofi Ako's reputation?

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

3. What is the overarching theme of Phase one? Explain.

4. How does Anowa loot by Phase three?

5. What do many people believe when they see Kofi Ako and Anowa working alongside each other?

6. How does the old woman react to the encounter between Badua and Anowa?

7. What is Anowa's position on purchasing slave labor?

8. What does Osam believe the future holds for Anowa?

9. What suggestion does Anowa give for Kofi Ako to become a father?

10. As mentioned in the prologue, what do the consequences of the story stem from?

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