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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who finds a place for Anna's father to stay when he is desperate to find one?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Caryl.
(c) Afua.
(d) Adrian.

3. What work did Anna once do?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Teaching.

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

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

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

7. Where does Anna stay when she visits Adrian in Edinburgh?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Adrian's house.
(c) The university dormitory.
(d) A hostel.

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

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

10. 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 pastor at their church.
(c) He is a boarder in Anna's grandfather's house.
(d) He is a housekeeper for the family.

11. In Chapter 9, where has Anna recently returned from?
(a) India.
(b) Africa.
(c) United States.
(d) Spain.

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

13. What group does Kofi found in 1971?
(a) The Diamond Coast Liberation Group.
(b) The Leftist Profile.
(c) The Mining Rights Group.
(d) The Fairford Seven.

14. What does Anna's aunt compare women to in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Tea bags.
(b) Birch Trees.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Flowers.

15. What is the nickname for the area of the world Anna's father is originally from?
(a) The Coal Engine.
(b) The Grinder.
(c) The Sankofa Grounds.
(d) The Diamond Coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memento does Anna's mother save from her childhood?

2. How does Anna think of the color of Rose's eyes?

3. Who is Anna's real estate agent?

4. When does Anna remember she stopped straightening her own hair?

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

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