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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17, and Back Matter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is the second of Gogo’s sons?
(a) Sam.
(b) Henzi.
(c) Oweni.
(d) Widzi.

4. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 1?
(a) “Do unto others what you would have done to you.”
(b) “If there is cause to hate someone, the cause to love has just begun.”
(c) “You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave them food yesterday.”
(d) “We desire to bequeath two things to our children: the first one is roots, the other one is wings.”

5. About which of the following is Iman cautioned?
(a) Hijab.
(b) Crucifix.
(c) Habit.
(d) Burqa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which South American country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?

2. How many siblings does Val report having?

3. How does the memoir gloss “Aaaa, tiripo kana makadiyiwo”?

4. In what part of Geneva does Elizabeth take an apartment?

5. Into what high school had Elizabeth sought to gain entry?

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