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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 think of the taps in her lavish surroundings in the countryside in Chapter 22?

2. Whose house party is Anna invited to in Chapter 25?

3. How does Ken say the Bamanians eat?

4. How do Anna and Kofi get to Kofi's country home in Chapter 21?

5. Which of the following does Anna know that Francis's affair with her mother was NOT?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Anna's experience at the slave fort in Chapter 18?

8. How does Afua greet Anna initially?

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

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

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

Why does Anna think Katherine is the person she ends up calling when she is most in distress? Why do you think this is the case, when Anna has far closer relationships? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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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