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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna learn her father changed his name to once he moved back to Bamana?
(a) Rofi Newo.
(b) Kofi Adjei.
(c) Mumbwe Adiji.
(d) Kojo Riko.

2. Who sends Anna's father an urgent telegram in Chapter 4?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

3. What animal does Kofi say provided much-needed sustenance while he and others camped out in the bush?
(a) Rat.
(b) Mountain Lion.
(c) Antelope.
(d) Armadillo.

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

5. In Chapter 9, what does Anna suspect Robert has been doing recently?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Smoking marijuana.
(c) Having sex.
(d) Working overtime.

6. What does Anna learn her mother once dreamed of doing from the materials she finds in her mother's belongings after her mother's death?
(a) Design and sell clothes in London.
(b) Paint.
(c) Become an architect.
(d) Sing.

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. What does Anna do with Katherine in Chapter 6?
(a) Goes to the gym with her.
(b) Goes to church with her.
(c) Goes to the courthouse with her.
(d) Goes for a manicure with her.

12. What always calms Aunt Caryl down when Anna visits?
(a) Painting.
(b) Doing Aunt Caryl's hair.
(c) Talking about the past.
(d) Singing Suo Gan.

13. What is the name of the researcher who approaches Anna at the library in Chapter 7?
(a) Rachel Henderson.
(b) Eric Hinds.
(c) Alex Obosi.
(d) Ken Folsom.

14. Where did Anna go on her first date with her husband?
(a) The beach.
(b) The theater.
(c) An Italian restaurant.
(d) The movies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna's aunt compare women to in the end of Chapter 2?

2. What is the nickname for the area of the world Anna's father is originally from?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Anna remember a woman asking her when she once smacked Rose in public when Rose was a child?

4. How does Bennett describe the early vision for Bamana in his book on Kofi in Chapter 7?

5. What is Anna's father's name?

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