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

2. What kind of profession did Rose briefly flirt with as a teenager?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Modeling.
(d) Law.

3. What activist and leader has a large impact on Anna's father's thinking in London as a young man?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Menelik.
(c) Alger.
(d) Mendele.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what is the title of Anna's father's autobiography?

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

3. What does Anna have to secure before going to Bamana?

4. What meeting does Anna's father's friend Thomas invite him to in Chapter 2?

5. What group does Kofi found in 1971?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does a researcher at the library tell Anna about Kofi Adjei, which Francis Aggrey changed his name to?

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

7. Why does Adrian Bennett get angry with Anna after reading all of Francis's diary?

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

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

10. Why has Anna never met her father?

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