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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. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 1?
(a) “You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave them food yesterday.”
(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) “If there is cause to hate someone, the cause to love has just begun.”

2. How does Amai pass the time along the bus ride away from Gogo?
(a) Reading.
(b) Crosswords.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Sleeping.

3. Chapter 3 opens with which of the following?
(a) “I climb the steep stairs.”
(b) “The building towered up taller than I had ever seen before.”
(c) “Deep in the African wilderness, rolling hills open onto a barren maize field.”
(d) “A surge of excitement courses through me.”

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

5. In what year is Elizabeth born?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the memoir gloss “rombe”?

2. How much money does Elizabeth note having after paying a second month’s rent at the hostel?

3. While living with Sam, what gift does Elizabeth receive from a girl in her class?

4. How many siblings does Val report having?

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

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