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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. In Chapter 21, how does Kofi describe Anna's mother?
(a) As a balm for his heart.
(b) As the love of his life.
(c) As a young girl who did not know any better.
(d) As a distraction.

2. What does Anna ask Christina in Chapter 18?
(a) If it is safe for women to wear short dresses in public.
(b) If Bamanaians ever travel to America.
(c) If it is taboo in Bamanaian culture for men to leave their children.
(d) If it is safe to swim in the ocean.

3. Where does Anna go with Ken in Chapter 17?
(a) The national museum.
(b) The movies.
(c) The slave fort.
(d) Bongo Beach.

4. How did Kofi once describe Bronwen's eyes in his diary?
(a) Like emeralds.
(b) Like the Atlantic at noon.
(c) Like the waters of a sacred lake.
(d) Like the stars in the sky.

5. What do the locals call Anna when she walks alone?
(a) Obroni.
(b) Ghost.
(c) Prostitute.
(d) Student.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna order for her first meal when staying in her lavish room in the countryside in Chapter 22?

2. Which lake does Kofi tell Anna used to be sacred for the villagers?

3. What does Anna give to Kofi during their meeting in Chapter 19?

4. Who comes to see Anna at her hotel in Chapter 20 that she is not expecting?

5. Where do Adrian and Anna go together in the end of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marcellina show Anna that deeply disturbs her?

2. Why did Anna never really try to make a go of art school when she was young?

3. What does Anna do the night before her flight to Bamana?

4. Why does Kofi tell Anna it was important for him to raise his children in Bamana?

5. In Chapter 17, what shocks Anna about seeing the puppy on the street?

6. In Chapter 22, what does seeing the crocodiles at feeding time seem to symbolize for Anna?

7. What disagreements did Robert and Anna have about raising Rose?

8. Why does Anna not tell anyone - except for Adrian Bennett - who her father really is in Bamana?

9. Why does Anna tell people on the street in Bamana she is not an "obroni?"

10. In Chapter 23, what is the purpose of Kofi's congress with the people?

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