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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 group does Kofi found in 1971?

2. Where does Anna decide to travel to meet with Adrian?

3. Who sends Anna's father an urgent telegram in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 9, who does Anna write to to ask if they can meet to talk about Francis's diary?

5. What is the name of Anna's father's friend Thomas's wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Anna worry about Rose often?

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

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

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

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

7. Why has Anna never met her father?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 are Anna's feelings about motherhood, and about her own experience as a mother to Rose? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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