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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. When did Mawusi start dating Yao?

2. What color kente does Uncle Pious wear for Afi's wedding?

3. In Chapter 3, how often has Afi been on an elevator before?

4. Where is the woman from whom Eli has been seeing?

5. At the end of Chapter 5, how long does Evelyn say that she will be home the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Afi heard about Eli's relationship with the Liberian woman and a vist she makes to Ho?

2. How did Pious help Olivia and Afi after Illustrious died and why?

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

4. How did Olivia feel when Illustrious's brother wanted his family to live with them?

5. What is Afi's first visit with Eli like?

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

7. How were Afi's parents married and why?

8. What is Afi's apartment like?

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

10. What does Afi say about stress as Mawusi checks Afi's makeup for the fifth time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Other characters do not listen to Afi’s complaints. What is Afi suffering in her marriage? How do characters respond to her complaints? How do characters invalidate her feelings?

Essay Topic 2

Afi is not happy that Eli has another wife while Evelyn willing enters into a polygamous relationship. How do Afi and Evelyn deal with polygamy? Why does Afi fight against it and Evelyn accepts it? What is the relationship between polygamy and misogyny?

Essay Topic 3

Aunty can be generous and controlling. What type of person is Aunty? In what way does she intimidate and bully people?

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