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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 does Robert bring for Anna in Chapter 9 when he comes to her house?
(a) Lingerie.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Chocolates.

2. What does Anna do with Katherine in Chapter 6?
(a) Goes for a manicure with her.
(b) Goes to the courthouse with her.
(c) Goes to church with her.
(d) Goes to the gym with her.

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

4. What does Anna learn her mother once dreamed of doing from the materials she finds in her mother's belongings after her mother's death?
(a) Sing.
(b) Design and sell clothes in London.
(c) Become an architect.
(d) Paint.

5. What does Anna find in her mother's belongings that gives her great insight into her own father's life?
(a) Her father's photo album.
(b) Her father's letters to her mother.
(c) Her father's diary.
(d) Her father's thesis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Anna's father's name?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Adrian Bennett suspect that Anna wants to meet Kofi?

3. Who pushes Anna to start divorce proceedings with her husband, and why?

4. Why does Anna worry about Rose often?

5. How does Adrian Bennett react when Anna brings him Francis Aggrey's diary?

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

7. What influence did Melenik seem to have on Francis Aggrey?

8. Why has Anna never met her father?

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

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

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