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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) Doing Aunt Caryl's hair.
(c) Talking about the past.
(d) Painting.

2. Who sends Anna's father an urgent telegram in Chapter 4?
(a) His brother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His cousin.

3. What did Anna's grandmother do to support her father when he was a child?
(a) Fish.
(b) Make clothes.
(c) Become a prostitute.
(d) Style hair.

4. What violent incident does Anna find out Kofi was implicated in some years earlier in Bamana?
(a) The Kent State Massacre.
(b) The Stable Bloodshed.
(c) The Kinnakro Five.
(d) The Bamana University Massacre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Bamanian word for "foreigner" or more broadly "white person"?

2. Why does Anna's father quickly go back to his country of birth in Chapter 4?

3. Whose contact information does Adrian eventually give to Anna so she can try to get in touch with Kofi?

4. What kind of profession did Rose briefly flirt with as a teenager?

5. What is the capital of Bamana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Anna find out about Bronwen's ambitions from Francis's diary?

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

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

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

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