Changes: A Love Story Test | Final Test - Hard

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Changes: A Love Story Test | Final Test - Hard

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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. What does Ali wonder about his ancestors?

2. Why does Opokuya say Esi is brave?

3. What wakes Esi from a deep sleep on New Year's Day?

4. What happens when Opokuya's two eldest children are left in charge of cooking for the holiday?

5. After Bamako, how is Esi feeling about her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what does Ali apologize to his people and how does he rationalize his actions?

2. What does the conversation between Ama and Aba concern at the opening to the second part of Changes?

3. What does Esi's father ask Ali concerning his intentions to marry Esi, and what is Ali's response?

4. What does Esi find out about Ali's secretary and what does she decide to do?

5. What surprises Esi about Ali when she is discussing his travels?

6. Why is Opokuya feeling sorry for herself and what can she do about it?

7. What does Opokuya wonder about Fusena, Ali's first wife?

8. Describe Esi's conversation with Opokuya three months after ending her marriage with Ali.

9. What happens that makes Fusena give her consent to Ali marrying Esi?

10. What happens after the trip to Bamako?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Changes: A Love Story based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Changes: A Love Story is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that Changes: A Love Story is a feminist novel with a specific agenda changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

When the older women of Ali's family are tasked with talking to Fusena, they feel bad. There is an understanding among the women that it is a man's world and a woman can only survive if she knows how to live as a woman in it. Yet, they are shocked by how little has changed for their daughters despite receiving educations.

1. Research the educational system of Ghana and discuss what you find including answering the following questions: a. Is access to education equal between males and females? Do males with the same education have better jobs or pay than females? What is the average educational level for men? Women? Does education seem to make a difference for women?

2. Research the educational systems in the United States and compare and contrast it with the Ghanaian educational system. How has the availability or lack of educational opportunities helped or hurt a country's general living conditions? In your opinion, what does the United States need to do to improve their educational system? What does Ghana need to do to improve their educational system?

3. Research the educational systems in several countries around the world; choose at least one country considered to be "third world," and one labeled "Western world" (other than the United States and Ghana). Compare and contrast their educational systems. How has the availability or lack of educational opportunities helped or hurt a country's general living conditions? In your opinion, what does the United States need to do to improve their educational system?

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