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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname does Sam have for Elizabeth?
(a) Pretty Bird.
(b) Hopping Bird.
(c) Merry Goat.
(d) Little-One.

2. Into what position is Elizabeth first promoted while working with Cleeves?
(a) Office assistant.
(b) Bookkeeping clerk.
(c) Events organizer.
(d) Operations manager.

3. As which of the following is HIV/AIDS euphemized in Harare?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Illness.
(c) Disease.
(d) Infirmity.

4. As which of the following does Gogo euphemize HIV/AIDS?
(a) God's punishment.
(b) Sickening sickness.
(c) Satan’s illness.
(d) The English disease.

5. Chapter 8 opens with which of the following?
(a) “Stumbling through a dense forest in rural Uganda, practically breathless, I finally slump over.”
(b) “My heart is pounding wildly as I enter the room.”
(c) “The sharp smell of antiseptic cleaning solution lingers in the air like a strange perfume.”
(d) “I wrap my hands around a steaming bowl of dumpling soup, trying to get warm.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Elizabeth adopt at school?

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

3. What is the name of the narrator’s guide in Budongo?

4. For whom does Elizabeth work when she signs on with UN Women?

5. To what culture does Elizabeth claim to belong?

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