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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. Where is Kojo from?
(a) Zambia.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Nigeria.
2. Who is the talkative cashier from the grocery store that Darling waits with outside in "My America"?
(a) Megan.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Anna.
3. Why did they shut school down early and send everyone home on the last day of classes in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) Because someone called in a bomb threat.
(b) Because a boy brought a loaded gun to school.
(c) Because there was flooding from the ceilings.
(d) Because there was a fire in the basement.
4. In what year was the bereaved born in "For Real"?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1979.
5. Who tells Darling she abandoned her home, leading Darling to smash her computer, in "Writing on the Wall"?
(a) Marina.
(b) Godknows.
(c) Chipo.
(d) Sbho.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wins the race back to the car in “Hitting Crossroads"?
2. To whom does Darling describe her mother taking her get her to smoke from a gourd before she left for America in "Destroyedmichygen"?
3. What does Darling say the last book she read was in “Hitting Crossroads"?
4. Where are Aunt Fostalina's two jobs?
5. Of what celebrity does Darling say in “Hitting Crossroads," "I know that she can go anywhere in the world and get a baby wherever she wants"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What game do the children play after the funeral in "For Real"? How is the game described?
2. Where is Darling living in “Destroyedmichygen”? With whom does she live?
3. How does the narrative style in “How They Lived” stand apart from the other chapters in the novel?
4. How would you describe the household where Darling works as a housecleaner in "My America"?
5. What happens in the exchange between Darling and Chipo in "Writing on the Wall"?
6. How is the setting of Shadybrook nursing home described?
7. Whose funeral is observed by Darling and her friends in "For Real"? Why is the funeral significant?
8. How would you describe the relationship between Darling and the grocery manager Jim?
9. How is the character of Kristal described in the novel?
10. How would you describe Darling's circumstances in "My America"?
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