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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 is the capital of Bamana?
(a) Niger.
(b) Wendwo.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Segu.

2. What poet's words does Anna's daughter choose for Anna's mother's headstone?
(a) Rossetti.
(b) Keats.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Yeats.

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

4. Whose contact information does Adrian eventually give to Anna so she can try to get in touch with Kofi?
(a) His daughter's.
(b) His supervisor's.
(c) His personal assistant's.
(d) His wife's.

5. What does Anna want to do with the money she gets from her mother's flat?
(a) Give it to Rose.
(b) Use some of it to go to Bamana.
(c) Get a new degree.
(d) Give it to Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Anna suspect Robert has been doing recently?

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

3. What did Anna's grandmother do to support her father when he was a child?

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

5. What health struggles has Rose been through as a young woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Anna begin to learn about what Francis did after leaving England?

5. What does Anna find out about Francis Aggrey and Bamana that shocks her?

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

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

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

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

10. Who does Anna find out that Francis Aggrey briefly dated before becoming involved with her mother?

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