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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna have to secure before going to Bamana?
(a) A bank account with at least 10,000 Bamanian dollars in it.
(b) A visa.
(c) A Bamanian passport.
(d) A letter of intent from someone in the county.

2. What is the nickname for the area of the world Anna's father is originally from?
(a) The Grinder.
(b) The Coal Engine.
(c) The Diamond Coast.
(d) The Sankofa Grounds.

3. What object is Adrian most interested in and excited about that Anna brings to him in Chapter 10?
(a) Francis's voice recordings from his time in the hospital.
(b) Francis's letters to Anna's mother.
(c) Francis's old suit.
(d) Francis's diary.

4. What does Anna's mother leave her in her will that surprises Anna?
(a) Her gun.
(b) Her flat.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her art collection.

5. Who writes a comprehensive book about Anna's father that she reads in Chapter 7?
(a) Kofi Ronsi.
(b) Adrian Bennett.
(c) Newo Mumbe.
(d) Ken Folsom.

6. What violent incident does Anna find out Kofi was implicated in some years earlier in Bamana?
(a) The Bamana University Massacre.
(b) The Kinnakro Five.
(c) The Kent State Massacre.
(d) The Stable Bloodshed.

7. Where does Anna stay when she visits Adrian in Edinburgh?
(a) The university dormitory.
(b) A hostel.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Adrian's house.

8. Where does Anna's Aunt Caryl live in Chapter 14?
(a) The United States.
(b) Spain.
(c) Berlin.
(d) A nursing home in London.

9. What does Anna unwittingly do when she is having her Bamanian paperwork processed?
(a) Offends Ken.
(b) Pays a bribe.
(c) Offends the guard.
(d) Underpays for her passport.

10. Why is Adrian upset with Anna at the end of their visit?
(a) She stole money from him.
(b) She told him she is not going to contact Francis, no matter what.
(c) She told him she did not believe his own work.
(d) She did not tell him upfront she was Francis's daughter.

11. Why does Anna's father quickly go back to his country of birth in Chapter 4?
(a) His mother is very ill.
(b) There is a great job opening for him there.
(c) His brother has been killed.
(d) He is very homesick.

12. What memento does Anna's mother save from her childhood?
(a) A lock of hair.
(b) A tooth.
(c) A pair of baby shoes.
(d) A scrap of cloth from a dress.

13. What kind of profession did Rose briefly flirt with as a teenager?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Law.
(c) Modeling.
(d) Journalism.

14. How does Anna know Katherine?
(a) They are co-workers.
(b) They are old school friends.
(c) They are neighbors.
(d) They are cousins.

15. Where did Anna go on her first date with her husband?
(a) The theater.
(b) An Italian restaurant.
(c) The movies.
(d) The beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Anna remember she stopped straightening her own hair?

2. What does Anna open after her mother's death that she has found under her mother's bed?

3. Who does Anna call in Chapter 4 when she has a panic attack who picks up the phone and talks to her?

4. Whose address does Adrian give to Anna at the end of Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Anna suspect Robert has been doing recently?

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