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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. Where do Anna and Kofi stay in the countryside in Chapter 22?

2. What does Anna ask Christina in Chapter 18?

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

4. What does Anna feel in Chapter 20 towards Kofi two days after their meeting?

5. What job does Kweku do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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