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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 are most of Marcellina's old classmates?

2. What does Kofi tell Anna to keep in mind regarding the worse things she has read about him?

3. In Chapter 25, what does Anna realize Kofi used the congress she saw him at earlier as?

4. What book does Anna take from the shelf while she and Afua wait for Kofi?

5. What does Anna see being sold for food on her way to the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 18, how did Anna's one gallery show go?

6. What does Kofi tell Anna about his feelings for her mother?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Anna's first impressions of her father, Francis Aggrey, that she gleans from his journal? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What role did Anna's Aunt Caryl play in Anna's life, both as a child and as an adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Anna's trip to the brush with Kofi Adjei change their relationship right towards the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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