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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. How many children does Opokuya have?

2. What does Esi tell the man she is doing?

3. What does Esi think about marrying again?

4. Why does Opokuya say she is going to visit her mother?

5. At whom is Esi angry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it important that Esi find a sympathetic ear in Opokuya?

2. What does Oko do when he receives Esi's request for a divorce?

3. How does Fusena feel when she becomes pregnant with her second child?

4. What does Esi say that makes Opokuya feel concern for Esi?

5. What does Opokuya realize as she is riding home with Kubi?

6. What does the narrator say about Ali Kondey at the opening of this chapter.

7. What does Opokuya say about single women in Ghana?

8. About what do Kubi and Opokuya argue most workday mornings?

9. Who is Opokuya and what is her relationship to Esi?

10. What does Esi say is the cause of the failure of her marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Polygamy is against the law in the United States, but many other countries, including Ghana used to allow men to have multiple wives but not wives having multiple husbands. Discuss the following:

1. What does it say about a culture that allows men to have several wives, but not the reverse? Discuss this in relation to Changes: A Love Story.

2. How do you think women are viewed in countries where polygamy is legal or at least not prosecuted? Discuss this in terms of Esi in Changes: A Love Story.

3. Should polygamy be controlled by law and what are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing polygamy?

4. Discuss the way you think a household with multiple wives would work, i.e., would one wife be in charge of the others and what about the children?

5. If polygamy were legal in your country for either men or woman, would you consider more than one husband or wife? Explain why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Esi catches her breath in her office and laughs bitterly as she realizes she has suffered marital rape though it is impossible in her society since sex from his wife is a man's right. Discuss the following:

1. Research and write an informative on the rights of husbands and wives in two very different cultures.

2. Can a man be guilty of raping his wife? Should he be punished just like any other rapist? Why or why not?

3. Rape is considered an act of violence and is usually a display of power or control. Discuss whether you think the balance of power in a male-dominated culture keeps that country from thriving.

Essay Topic 3

Certainly Changes: A Love Story deals with the subject of gender. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term "gender."

2. Does gender only refer to whether a person is male or female? Is gender easy to identify?

3. Discuss the Ghanaian cultural definitions of gender during the time of Changes: A Love Story and the expectations for each gender. Do any of those expectations exist today?

4. Are women the only ones harmed by gender-based expectations? Why or why not.

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