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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Robert bring for Anna in Chapter 9 when he comes to her house?
(a) Lingerie.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Ice cream.

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

4. 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.

5. 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) Become an architect.
(b) Paint.
(c) Sing.
(d) Design and sell clothes in London.

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

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

8. 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 does not engage with him and freezes him out.
(d) She takes money from him for support, but nothing else.

9. What poet's words does Anna's daughter choose for Anna's mother's headstone?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Keats.
(d) Rossetti.

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

11. 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.

12. Who is one of Aunt Caryl's regular caregivers in Chapter 14?
(a) Maria.
(b) Hettie.
(c) Blessing.
(d) Helena.

13. Who does Anna call in Chapter 4 when she has a panic attack who picks up the phone and talks to her?
(a) Henry.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Helena.
(d) Rose.

14. What health struggles has Rose been through as a young woman?
(a) She struggles with multiple sclerosis.
(b) She struggles with cancer.
(c) She struggles with asthma.
(d) She struggles with an eating disorder.

15. Where does Anna's Aunt Caryl live in Chapter 14?
(a) The United States.
(b) A nursing home in London.
(c) Spain.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anna's grandfather's name?

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

3. In Chapter 9, who does Anna write to to ask if they can meet to talk about Francis's diary?

4. What historical significance does Anna's father have in Bamana?

5. Why did Anna and Robert separate?

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