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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What violent incident does Anna find out Kofi was implicated in some years earlier in Bamana?
(a) The Stable Bloodshed.
(b) The Kinnakro Five.
(c) The Bamana University Massacre.
(d) The Kent State Massacre.

2. What does Anna open after her mother's death that she has found under her mother's bed?
(a) A jewelry box.
(b) A trunk.
(c) A cardboard box.
(d) A letter.

3. Whose contact information does Adrian eventually give to Anna so she can try to get in touch with Kofi?
(a) His daughter's.
(b) His wife's.
(c) His supervisor's.
(d) His personal assistant's.

4. When does Anna remember she stopped straightening her own hair?
(a) When she lost her hair to chemo.
(b) When Robert left her.
(c) When she turned 40.
(d) When Rose went to secondary school.

5. How does Rose treat Robert following Robert's and Anna's estrangement?
(a) She only engages with his new girlfriend and is stiffly cordial to him.
(b) She treats him as she always have and they have a close relationship.
(c) She takes money from him for support, but nothing else.
(d) She does not engage with him and freezes him out.

6. Where does Anna go to do research the week before traveling to meet Adrian?
(a) The Royal Society.
(b) The Guggenheim Library.
(c) The London Library.
(d) The British Library.

7. Why does Anna's father quickly go back to his country of birth in Chapter 4?
(a) His brother has been killed.
(b) He is very homesick.
(c) His mother is very ill.
(d) There is a great job opening for him there.

8. What is Kofi's wife's name in Chapter 7?
(a) Patience.
(b) Blessing.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Joy.

9. What memento does Anna's mother save from her childhood?
(a) A pair of baby shoes.
(b) A tooth.
(c) A scrap of cloth from a dress.
(d) A lock of hair.

10. What kind of profession did Rose briefly flirt with as a teenager?
(a) Modeling.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Law.
(d) Landscaping.

11. Who is Anna's husband?
(a) Robert.
(b) Adrian.
(c) James.
(d) Ken.

12. What traditional African garment does Kofi wear in some photos Anna sees of him?
(a) Kimono.
(b) Caftan.
(c) Kente.
(d) Robo.

13. What is Anna's mother's name?
(a) Roberta Bain.
(b) Caryl Bain.
(c) Helena Bain.
(d) Bronwen Elizabeth Bain.

14. Why did Anna and Robert separate?
(a) Robert had an affair.
(b) Robert told her he wanted a divorce.
(c) Anna had an affair.
(d) Anna got sick and Robert left her.

15. What meeting does Anna's father's friend Thomas invite him to in Chapter 2?
(a) The Neo-Nazi Party.
(b) The British Communist Party.
(c) The John Birch Society.
(d) The Royal Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What brought Anna's father to London originally?

2. Who encourages Anna to see a divorce lawyer?

3. Why is Adrian upset with Anna at the end of their visit?

4. How does Anna get to where she needs to go to meet Adrian?

5. What is the name of the researcher who approaches Anna at the library in Chapter 7?

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