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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 drink on her flight to Bamana?

2. What does Sule say Anna has to do in the future when she goes out at the end of Chapter 23?

3. In Chapter 21, how does Kofi describe Anna's mother?

4. What does Robert offer to Anna in Chapter 16?

5. What do the locals call Anna when she walks alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Kofi ask Anna to remember when she acknowledges that she has heard bad things about his conduct as president?

9. How does Afua greet Anna initially?

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 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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Kofi Adjei's initial reaction to Anna's revelation that she is his daughter affect the course of the rest of their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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