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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. Where does Marcellina take Anna in Chapter 23?

2. Where does Anna go with Ken in Chapter 17?

3. What does Afua suggest the family do in Chapter 24 to incorporate Anna's presence in the family?

4. What kind of food does Anna eat the night before she leaves for Bamana?

5. What animal is Kofi often compared to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens between Anna and Ken in Chapter 17?

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

4. How does Afua greet Anna initially?

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

6. How does Anna's first meeting with Kofi go?

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

8. In Chapter 17, what does Anna have done to her hair and what does she think of it?

9. What does Kofi tell Anna about his feelings for her mother?

10. Why does Kofi have a change of heart and invite Anna to meet again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What answer does Kofi obliquely offer to Anna when she asks him once again about the Kinnakro Five at the end of the novel? Does Anna believe his answer? Write an essay explaining your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Onuzo treat the topic of infidelity in marriages throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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