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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. Who is Marcellina's fiance?

2. What does Ken tell Anna Kofi is planning to do in Chapter 25?

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

4. What does Marcellina tell Anna Kofi was rumored to have done to his enemies in the nineties?

5. Who does Anna call first once she is settled in her hotel room?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Adrian tell Anna it might not be safe for her to stay in Bamana for longer when Kofi asked her to?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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