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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 pay to have done to her at the market in Chapter 17?

2. What does Anna think of the taps in her lavish surroundings in the countryside in Chapter 22?

3. How old does Kofi say he was when Anna was born?

4. Who was Anna's art teacher in school who encouraged her to try architecture?

5. Who is the girl whose plight Marcellina wants Anna to see and understand?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What episode from Kofi's past does Anna find most disturbing?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 22, what does seeing the crocodiles at feeding time seem to symbolize for Anna?

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

10. Why does Kofi tell Anna it was important for him to raise his children in Bamana?

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

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 3

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.

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