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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the memoir gloss “vapambepfumi”?
(a) Child of African soil.
(b) We are free.
(c) Orphan.
(d) White oppressors.

2. How does the memoir gloss “Ndinokuda”?
(a) I depart from you.
(b) I greet you.
(c) I love you.
(d) I loathe you.

3. What fruit does the narrator remark is in the Good Forest?
(a) Matoke.
(b) Mazhanje.
(c) Durian.
(d) Kola.

4. How does the memoir gloss “Mwana Wevhu”?
(a) Orphan.
(b) We are free.
(c) White oppressors.
(d) Child of African soil.

5. Of what does Elizabeth note her hostel room smells?
(a) Unwashed armpit.
(b) Rotten egg.
(c) Dirty feet.
(d) Old burrito.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings does Val report having?

2. At which of the following does the narrator report having worked?

3. Which of the following do the people of the narrator’s village sell in the Township Center?

4. To what culture does Elizabeth claim to belong?

5. How does Amai pass the time along the bus ride away from Gogo?

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