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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. What did Eli study at the university?

2. How many children did Uncle Pious have when Afi was 8?

3. What color car does Yaya drive?

4. What did the Liberian woman name her second child?

5. In Chapter 3, what color uniform does the man wear who carries Afi and Olivia's luggage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many students does Sarah have and how does she select students?

2. What is school like at Sarah's?

3. What did Aunty Faustina Gonya do for Afi and her mother when Afi's father died?

4. Why has Afi been chosen to marry Eli?

5. When did Afi first hear about the Liberian woman, and what did she hear?

6. Who took in Olivia and Afi after Illustrious died?

7. Why does Afi wonder about her name in Chapter 2?

8. What preparations do Afi and Olivia make for Eli's arrival?

9. How did Afi feel when her mother told her about Aunty Faustina Ganyo's idea that Afi marry Eli?

10. What is King's Court like where Afi is to live in Accra?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Afi and Olivia become more like friends than mother and daughter after Illustrious dies. What is Afi and Olivia’s relationship like before Afi’s marriage? How does their relationship change after the marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Pious Tekple is Afi’s uncle. How does Pious always try to palm his obligations on to someone else? What does he think he deserves? Why does he think he is entitled to have relatives care for him and his children?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Are the settings simply a backdrop to the story and characters or do they take on the role of a character?

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