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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 11 opens with which of the following?
(a) “The sharp smell of antiseptic cleaning solution lingers in the air like a strange perfume.”
(b) “Stumbling through a dense forest in rural Uganda, practically breathless, I finally slump over.”
(c) “My heart is pounding wildly as I enter the room.”
(d) “I wrap my hands around a steaming bowl of dumpling soup, trying to get warm.”

2. For whom does Elizabeth work when she travels to Budongo?
(a) Amaziago.
(b) Seiter.
(c) Cleeves.
(d) Phumzile.

3. What language does the narrator note is spoken in Ethiopia?
(a) Ge'ez.
(b) Shona.
(c) Amharic.
(d) Yoruba.

4. Elizabeth notes the development of a “husband school” in which of the following countries?
(a) ZImbabwe.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Burundi.
(d) Malawi.

5. Work against what disease sends the protagonist to Budongo?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) Malaria.
(c) River blindness.
(d) Altitude sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the name of one of Cleeves’s sons?

2. What nickname associates with Henzi?

3. In what part of Harare do Sam and Jane live?

4. In the memoir, “mukana” has most nearly which of the following meanings?

5. With which of the following is Elizabeth afflicted in Burkina Faso?

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