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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. How many children does Opokuya have?

2. How does Kubi thing Opokuya should get to her clients?

3. Who greets Esi at Hotel Twentieth Century?

4. Who is Mma. Danjuma?

5. What kind of school does Mma. Danjuma want Ali to attend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that pushes Esi over the edge and makes her decide to leave Oko?

2. What does Opokuya think Esi should have done differently in Esi's marriage; yet how does she acknowledge her advice is not fair?

3. What is ironic about Esi's problems with Oko?

4. Where does Ogyaanowa end up staying for the summer and then longer?

5. What does Esi say that makes Opokuya feel concern for Esi?

6. About what do Kubi and Opokuya argue most workday mornings?

7. How does Fusena feel when she becomes pregnant with her second child?

8. What does Opokuya realize as she is riding home with Kubi?

9. How does Ali feel about his father and how is he different from his father?

10. How does Fusena end up in England with Ali?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss one of the following in relation to Changes: A Love Story:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Esi and Opokuya. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Is either woman's beliefs more worthy than the other? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Oko and Ali. How are they similar? How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Certainly Changes: A Love Story deals with the subject of gender. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term "gender."

2. Does gender only refer to whether a person is male or female? Is gender easy to identify?

3. Discuss the Ghanaian cultural definitions of gender during the time of Changes: A Love Story and the expectations for each gender. Do any of those expectations exist today?

4. Are women the only ones harmed by gender-based expectations? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Changes: A Love Story.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Changes: A Love Story. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Changes: A Love Story. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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