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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 Anna ask Kofi about directly in Chapter 24?

2. At what age does the Bamanaian initiation ceremony for girls happen?

3. What animal is Kofi often compared to?

4. What does the zoo in the countryside of Bamana have that no one else in the country as, according to Kofi?

5. What does Kofi say when Anna tells him she is his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kofi ask Anna to remember when she acknowledges that she has heard bad things about his conduct as president?

2. How does Anna's first meeting with Kofi go?

3. What does Anna think about Ken when she meets him on the plane after seeing him when she gets her visa?

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

5. How does Afua greet Anna initially?

6. In Chapter 17, what shocks Anna about seeing the puppy on the street?

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

8. What does Anna think of the lodgings in Gbadolite?

9. What does Anna do the night before her flight to Bamana?

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 some specific experiences of racism that Anna remembers from growing up as a mixed-race female in London throughout the 1970s and 1980s? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Onuzo describe Anna's range of conflicting feelings about her estranged husband Robert on the eve of her own trip to Bamana? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What criticisms does Robert level against Anna when she pulls further away from him upon his entreaties that they should try to save their marriage? How do Robert's perception of Anna's character and her own perception of herself line up against each other? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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