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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Bamana?

2. What poet's words does Anna's daughter choose for Anna's mother's headstone?

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

4. What does Anna open after her mother's death that she has found under her mother's bed?

5. How does Bennett describe the early vision for Bamana in his book on Kofi in Chapter 7?

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 does Anna think of church when she goes with Katherine?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Anna's feelings when she finds out what became, eventually, of her father Francis Aggrey in Bamana? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are Anna's first impressions of her father, Francis Aggrey, that she gleans from his journal? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What criticisms does Robert level against Anna when she pulls further away from him upon his entreaties that they should try to save their marriage? How do Robert's perception of Anna's character and her own perception of herself line up against each other? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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