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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. Who is Anna's real estate agent?

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

3. Where does Anna stay when she visits Adrian in Edinburgh?

4. Who does Anna call in Chapter 4 when she has a panic attack who picks up the phone and talks to her?

5. Who encourages Anna to see a divorce lawyer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Anna begin to learn about what Francis did after leaving England?

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

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

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

8. What does Anna think of church when she goes with Katherine?

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

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

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 some specific experiences of racism that Anna remembers from growing up as a mixed-race female in London throughout the 1970s and 1980s? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Kofi Adjei contrive to have Anna put in jail when she tries to depart Bamana for England, and how does Anna eventually find out he is the one behind her detainment? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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