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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What connection does Anna's father originally have to Anna's mother's family?
(a) He is a pastor at their church.
(b) He is a housekeeper for the family.
(c) He is a tutor for the family.
(d) He is a boarder in Anna's grandfather's house.

2. How does Anna get to where she needs to go to meet Adrian?
(a) Ferry.
(b) Bus.
(c) Train.
(d) Plane.

3. Who is Anna's real estate agent?
(a) Shola Ajayi.
(b) Adrian Bennett.
(c) Francis Aggrey.
(d) Rose Graham.

4. Where does Anna decide to travel to meet with Adrian?
(a) Sussex.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Edinburgh.
(d) New York.

5. How does Bennett describe the early vision for Bamana in his book on Kofi in Chapter 7?
(a) The Renford Country.
(b) The Enlightened Global South.
(c) The English East.
(d) Switzerland in West Africa.

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

7. Whose address does Adrian give to Anna at the end of Chapter 11?
(a) Henry James's.
(b) Helena James's.
(c) Rachel Sklarkson's.
(d) Thomas Phiri's.

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

9. What brought Anna's father to London originally?
(a) His brother was studying there and asked him to come over too.
(b) He was born there and came back to care for his mother.
(c) He was a warehouse worker there.
(d) He was a student there.

10. What does Anna want to do with the money she gets from her mother's flat?
(a) Give it to Robert.
(b) Use some of it to go to Bamana.
(c) Give it to Rose.
(d) Get a new degree.

11. What did Anna's grandmother do to support her father when he was a child?
(a) Become a prostitute.
(b) Make clothes.
(c) Fish.
(d) Style hair.

12. What does Anna find in her mother's belongings that gives her great insight into her own father's life?
(a) Her father's letters to her mother.
(b) Her father's photo album.
(c) Her father's thesis.
(d) Her father's diary.

13. What is Anna's father's name?
(a) Richard Polter.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Francis Aggrey.
(d) James Henderson.

14. What illness does Aunt Caryl suffer from?
(a) Heart problems.
(b) ALS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Dementia.

15. Who starts a conversation with Anna when she is trying to get her paperwork sorted out to go to Bamana in Chapter 15?
(a) Ken.
(b) Randy.
(c) Helen.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encourages Anna to see a divorce lawyer?

2. Who was Anna's mother's sister, and Anna's beloved aunt?

3. When was Anna's father released from prison in Bamana?

4. What activist and leader has a large impact on Anna's father's thinking in London as a young man?

5. What kind of profession did Rose briefly flirt with as a teenager?

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