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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Chapters 1 through 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 1?
(a) Congo.
(b) ZImbabwe.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Sudan.

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

3. How many rooms are in the hostel where Elizabeth initially stays in London?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

4. From what Tube stop does Elizabeth emerge to reach her first lodgings in London?
(a) Sloane Square.
(b) Holland Park.
(c) Gloucester Road.
(d) South Kensington.

5. In the memoir, the phrase “Une muvra?” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) “Do you have a nickel?”
(b) “Do you have water?”
(c) “Do you have food?”
(d) “Do you have shelter?”

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year does the first Chimurenga begin?

2. How does the memoir gloss “tasununguka”?

3. As which of the following does Elizabeth regard the staffer at the hostel where she first stays in London?

4. Chapter 2 opens with which of the following?

5. From which city does the narrator fly to London for the first time?

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