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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. Where does Anna stay when she visits Adrian in Edinburgh?
(a) Adrian's house.
(b) The university dormitory.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A hostel.

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

3. What work did Anna once do?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Teaching.

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

5. What is the name of the researcher who approaches Anna at the library in Chapter 7?
(a) Ken Folsom.
(b) Eric Hinds.
(c) Rachel Henderson.
(d) Alex Obosi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who starts a conversation with Anna when she is trying to get her paperwork sorted out to go to Bamana in Chapter 15?

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

4. What is Anna's father's birth country?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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