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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color dress is the narrator wearing when she arrives in London?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

2. At which of the following does the narrator report having worked?
(a) Medical clinic.
(b) Dance clinic.
(c) Dental clinic.
(d) Optometric clinic.

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

4. Which of the following is for sale outside Elizabeth’s first school when she first attends it?
(a) Mafatty.
(b) Pav bhaji.
(c) Fry-bread.
(d) Baozi.

5. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 5?
(a) “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.”
(b) “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.”
(c) “Your dream is a dream for your community.”
(d) “It is not fear but courage that is important.”

6. Of which of the following United Nations entities does Elizabeth note having been aware before coming to London?
(a) IAEA.
(b) WHO.
(c) OPCW.
(d) IMO.

7. As which of the following does Elizabeth regard the staffer at the hostel where she first stays in London?
(a) Answelica.
(b) Little-One.
(c) Baphomet.
(d) Tiny Nose.

8. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 6?
(a) Malawi.
(b) Ghana.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Zimbabwe.

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

10. To which of the following is the memoir dedicated?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) Africa.
(d) Kenya.

11. What color is the dress Amai wears when she first picks Elizabeth up from Gogo?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

12. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 7?
(a) “It is not fear but courage that is important.”
(b) “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.”
(c) “Your dream is a dream for your community.”
(d) “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.”

13. How does the narrator gloss the term “sadza” in the memoir?
(a) Maize meal.
(b) Wheat flour.
(c) Bean porridge.
(d) Rice flour.

14. From what country is Val?
(a) Belarus.
(b) Ukraine.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

15. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 5?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Malawi.
(c) Ghana.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elizabeth initially determine to call Osi?

3. Chapter 3 opens with which of the following?

4. What fruit does the narrator remark is in the Good Forest?

5. What does Gogo remark Zimbabwe had previously been called?

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