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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Anna's father's friend Thomas's wife?
(a) Patience.
(b) Blessing.
(c) Joy.
(d) Rumor.

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

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

4. What does Anna realize she is embarrassed about telling Thomas's wife about?
(a) Her divorce.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her father's political acts.
(d) Her career.

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

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

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

8. What is the Bamanian word for "foreigner" or more broadly "white person"?
(a) Blanche.
(b) Obroni.
(c) Gringo.
(d) Ghost.

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

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

11. In Chapter 7, what is the title of Anna's father's autobiography?
(a) Bamanian Savior: Kofi Adjei.
(b) Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter.
(c) Tales of a Revolutionary.
(d) Fight for Right.

12. What is Anna's grandfather's name?
(a) Owen.
(b) Henry.
(c) James.
(d) Richard.

13. In Chapter 12, what does Anna learn has happened to Thomas?
(a) He is very sick in the hospital.
(b) He moved back to Bamana.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is working at the university.

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

15. What is Anna's father's birth country?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Bamana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of Aunt Caryl's regular caregivers in Chapter 14?

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

3. Where does Anna stay when she visits Adrian in Edinburgh?

4. What does Anna do with Katherine in Chapter 6?

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

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