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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object is Adrian most interested in and excited about that Anna brings to him in Chapter 10?
(a) Francis's diary.
(b) Francis's old suit.
(c) Francis's voice recordings from his time in the hospital.
(d) Francis's letters to Anna's mother.

2. What meeting does Anna's father's friend Thomas invite him to in Chapter 2?
(a) The Royal Society.
(b) The British Communist Party.
(c) The John Birch Society.
(d) The Neo-Nazi Party.

3. 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.

4. How does Bennett describe the early vision for Bamana in his book on Kofi in Chapter 7?
(a) The English East.
(b) Switzerland in West Africa.
(c) The Enlightened Global South.
(d) The Renford Country.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first question the divorce lawyer asks Anna in Chapter 3?

2. Who writes a comprehensive book about Anna's father that she reads in Chapter 7?

3. What is Anna's daughter's name?

4. What violent incident does Anna find out Kofi was implicated in some years earlier in Bamana?

5. What animal does Kofi say provided much-needed sustenance while he and others camped out in the bush?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Anna never met her father?

2. What do Robert and Rose know about Anna's father?

3. What began the romance between Bronwen and Francis Aggrey?

4. In Chapter 9, how does Anna react when Robert comes to her house with flowers?

5. How does Anna feel her own mother dealt with the racial differences between them?

6. What is Anna's Aunt Caryl like in terms of personality?

7. What does Anna find out about Bronwen's ambitions from Francis's diary?

8. What was Francis Aggrey's experience as a young Black man in London in 1969?

9. How does Anna first find Francis Aggrey's diary?

10. What precipitates Anna's separation from her husband Robert?

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