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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ken tell Anna he is exploring for business in Bamana?
(a) Rumors of oil on the coast.
(b) Rumors of cobalt.
(c) Rumors of more diamonds.
(d) Rumors of an exotic and expensive drug.

2. What cousin does Anna meet in Chapter 25?
(a) Florence.
(b) Helena.
(c) Ricarda.
(d) Araba.

3. What do the people in the villages call Kofi?
(a) Daasebre.
(b) Papa.
(c) Kofi.
(d) Prime Minister.

4. What does Robert offer to Anna in Chapter 16?
(a) To pay for her new degree.
(b) To watch her house while she is gone.
(c) Money for traveling.
(d) To come with her to Bamana.

5. Where has Kofi recently returned to Bamana from?
(a) The Group of Seven Meeting.
(b) The African Union Summit.
(c) The United Nations Council Meeting.
(d) The World Economic Forum in Davos.

6. Who does Anna bump into on her flight to Bamana?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Ken.
(d) Katherine.

7. Who is Marcellina's fiance?
(a) A doctor who wants to move back to the city or emigrate later.
(b) An American lawyer.
(c) A rebel leader.
(d) A high-ranking cabinet official.

8. What does Anna do at the place where she and Adrian go in the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Faint.
(b) Talks on her phone the whole time she is there.
(c) Has sex.
(d) Sketch in her sketchbook.

9. Where do Adrian and Anna go together in the end of Chapter 18?
(a) The beach.
(b) The museum.
(c) The library.
(d) The slave fort.

10. Where do Anna and Kofi stay in the countryside in Chapter 22?
(a) The People's Palace.
(b) The Palace Hotel.
(c) The Hilton Hotel.
(d) The Marriott Hotel.

11. What does Ken tell Anna about the ocean in Bamana?
(a) It is polluted.
(b) It is like the water in the Caribbean.
(c) The waters are shark-infested.
(d) It has strong currents.

12. What does Marcellina tell Anna Kofi was rumored to have done to his enemies in the nineties?
(a) Made them advisors.
(b) Fed them to the crocodiles.
(c) Exiled them.
(d) Buried them in mass graves.

13. At what age does the Bamanaian initiation ceremony for girls happen?
(a) 17.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

14. Which of Kofi's others daughters besides Anna is an artist?
(a) Benita.
(b) Blessing.
(c) Afua.
(d) Helena.

15. What does Marcellina mistakenly think Anna is?
(a) Aid worker.
(b) Banker.
(c) Kofi's mistress.
(d) Journalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens on the day of Anna's set meeting with Kofi?

2. Where does Marcellina take Anna in Chapter 23?

3. Who is the girl whose plight Marcellina wants Anna to see and understand?

4. Which lake does Kofi tell Anna used to be sacred for the villagers?

5. What does the zoo in the countryside of Bamana have that no one else in the country as, according to Kofi?

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