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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. Where has Afi been an apprentice?

2. How late does Afi sleep in Chapter 2?

3. How old was Afi when there was a discussion about how many nephews would live with her family?

4. When did Mawusi start dating Yao?

5. What time does Mensah, Afri's driver, pick her up for school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Afi say about when and where the wedding is held?

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

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

5. What routine do Olivia and Afi settle into in Chapter 3, and why do they do their own cleaning?

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

7. What does Afi think of the second school she visits with Yaya?

8. What is school like at Sarah's?

9. How did Eli meet the woman from Liberia?

10. Who is Eli?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Afi marries Eli in absentia. Why is Afi concerned about the marriage? Why does she agree to the marriage in spite of her hesitations? Why does Afi feel obligated to marry Eli?

Essay Topic 2

Afi is excited to be pregnant. What are Afi’s expectations for the future when she becomes pregnant? How does reality overshadow her expectations? How is the future different than what she expected?

Essay Topic 3

Afi believes a wife is to serve her husband when she is first married. Why does Afi believe that a wife is to serve her husband? How does that belief affect her actions when her marriage is new? How is she submissive to Eli because of the view of what a proper wife does and is?

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