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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 always calms Aunt Caryl down when Anna visits?
(a) Singing Suo Gan.
(b) Painting.
(c) Doing Aunt Caryl's hair.
(d) Talking about the past.

2. Why does Anna's father quickly go back to his country of birth in Chapter 4?
(a) There is a great job opening for him there.
(b) His mother is very ill.
(c) He is very homesick.
(d) His brother has been killed.

3. What illness does Aunt Caryl suffer from?
(a) Heart problems.
(b) ALS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Dementia.

4. What does Katherine tell Anna she used to work at?
(a) Law.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Banking.
(d) Medicine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anna go to do research the week before traveling to meet Adrian?

2. What is Kofi's wife's name in Chapter 7?

3. What is the name of Anna's father's friend Thomas's wife?

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

5. Who is Anna's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anna really want her mother's flat to sell in Chapter 13?

2. What did Francis Aggrey go on to do in his home country of Bamana after leaving England?

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

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

5. Why does Anna worry about Rose often?

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

7. Why does Anna want to go see Adrian Bennett?

8. What does Anna think of church when she goes with Katherine?

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

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

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