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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 does Anna realize she is embarrassed about telling Thomas's wife about?

2. What is Anna's daughter's name?

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

4. In Chapter 9, what does Anna suspect Robert has been doing recently?

5. In Chapter 7, what is the title of Anna's father's autobiography?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Anna worry about Rose often?

3. Why has Anna never met her father?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Anna's time in Bamana change her perceptions about her own relationships with both Rose and Robert back in England? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some difficulties that Anna remembers from her relationship with her own mother, Bronwen Bain, that arose from the fact that Bronwen was white and Anna was mixed-race? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Once Anna begins to learn more about Kofi Adjei's rise to power and his actions while he was Bamana's leader, what does she think about the more disturbing parts of his history? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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