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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the other woman in Phase one carrying?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Wool.
(d) Soup.
2. Which character in the story represents the antithesis of the ideal person, according to African tradition?
(a) Osam.
(b) Kofi Ako.
(c) Anowa.
(d) Badua.
3. How many reasons are there for the villagers to be angry with Anowa, in regard to her marital choices?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) None.
(d) Two.
4. How does Aidoo select the time period to set the play?
(a) The date is used to mirror events in Britain.
(b) It is an important point in Ghanaian history.
(c) It is the time in which the legend is always set.
(d) It is during her childhood.
5. How many years past puberty is Anowa?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.
Short Answer Questions
1. The grand theme of this play lies mainly in what?
2. Badua is concerned for Anowa's __________.
3. What type of chorus do the old man and the old woman represent throughout the play, as stated in the prologue?
4. As stated within the prologue, who do Kofi Ako and Anowa do business with?
5. Aidoo sets the prologue of the story in this place, setting the stage for the beginning of colonialism.
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the slave children say about Kofi Ako and Anowa?
2. How is life lived in the village of Yebi?
3. What does the old man say about the argument between Badua and Anowa?
4. What does Kofi Ako want to buy woman slaves?
5. Who does the old woman blame for the tragedies of this story and why?
6. What is the real reason that Anowa commits suicide?
7. Describe the first encounter between Kofi Ako and Anowa.
8. How does the old woman react to the encounter between Badua and Anowa?
9. What does Kofi Ako decide to do with Anowa in Phase three? What is his reasoning?
10. What do many people believe when they see Kofi Ako and Anowa working alongside each other?
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