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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator gloss the term “sadza” in the memoir?

2. In what village did the narrator live?

3. How does the narrator gloss the term “gogo” in the memoir?

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

5. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 2?

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