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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. From where did Ali receive an urgent message?

2. What does Ali do but is unable to keep up?

3. Where does Kubi and two nephews go?

4. What does Esi not want to remember?

5. What happens when Opokuya's two eldest children are left in charge of cooking for the holiday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that makes Fusena give her consent to Ali marrying Esi?

2. What does the conversation between Ama and Aba concern at the opening to the second part of Changes?

3. What insecurities and fears does it bring up for Fusena when Ali mentions that his intended second wife has a university degree?

4. Where does Esi go after dropping Ali off in her new car and what does she offer Opokuya?

5. How does Esi finally make a break with Ali near the end of their third year of marriage?

6. What indication is there that Ali and Esi are starting to have difficulties in their relationship in Chapter 10?

7. What does Esi find out about Ali's secretary and what does she decide to do?

8. Why would it have been different if Oko had taken a second wife?

9. How is Ali conflicted on New Year's Eve?

10. What do the older women think about Ali marrying Esi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Changes: A Love Story could be said to be a "bildungsroman" of Esi. Discuss the following:

1. Define the concepts "bildungsroman" and "coming of age."

2. Thoroughly trace and analyze Changes: A Love Story as a bildungsroman of Esi. Give specific examples. What does Esi learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?

3. Thoroughly trace and analyze Changes: A Love Story as a feminist story. Give specific examples. What does Eis learn? What does Opokuya learn? What would feminist say about Esi's actions? Opokuya's actions? Ali's actions? Oko's actions?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels and short stories have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Changes: A Love Story, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Changes: A Love Story. (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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