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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. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 2?
(a) “If there is cause to hate someone, the cause to love has just begun.”
(b) “Do unto others what you would have done to you.”
(c) “We desire to bequeath two things to our children: the first one is roots, the other one is wings.”
(d) “You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave them food yesterday.”

2. How does the memoir gloss “rombe”?
(a) Useless girl from this village.
(b) Useless boy from another village.
(c) Useless girl from another village.
(d) Useless boy from this village.

3. What does the narrator note eating?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Termites.
(c) Ants.
(d) Grasshoppers.

4. How does the narrator gloss the term “sekurus” in the memoir?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Uncles.
(d) Aunts.

5. From which city does the narrator fly to London for the first time?
(a) Gweru.
(b) Chimoio.
(c) Bulawayo.
(d) Harare.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 1?

2. How does the narrator gloss the term “hanzwadis” in the memoir?

3. Which of the following is the second of Gogo’s sons?

4. In which year does the second Chimurenga begin?

5. In the memoir, the phrase “Ko, chikafu?” carries which of the following meanings?

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