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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 ask Kofi about directly in Chapter 24?

2. Which lake does Kofi tell Anna used to be sacred for the villagers?

3. At what age does the Bamanaian initiation ceremony for girls happen?

4. What does Anna order for her first meal when staying in her lavish room in the countryside in Chapter 22?

5. What does Anna do at the place where she and Adrian go in the end of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disagreements did Robert and Anna have about raising Rose?

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

3. In Chapter 23, what is the purpose of Kofi's congress with the people?

4. How does Afua greet Anna initially?

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

6. In Chapter 17, what shocks Anna about seeing the puppy on the street?

7. What does Anna think of the lodgings in Gbadolite?

8. Who does Anna meet in Bamana when she arrives, and why?

9. What does Anna think about Ken when she meets him on the plane after seeing him when she gets her visa?

10. What does Marcellina show Anna that deeply disturbs her?

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 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

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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