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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following do the people of the narrator’s village sell in the Township Center?
(a) Pepitas.
(b) Pistachios.
(c) Sunflower seeds.
(d) Cashews.

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

4. What is the name of Amai’s youngest child?
(a) Chio.
(b) Osi.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Memo.

5. What food does the rescue worker offer Elizabeth?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Grits.
(d) Congee.

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

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

8. How does the memoir gloss “Aaaa, tiripo kana makadiyiwo”?
(a) We are unwell, as long as you are well.
(b) We are well, as long as you are unwell.
(c) We are unwell, as long as you are unwell.
(d) We are well, as long as you are well.

9. At which Harare hospital does Jane work?
(a) Parirenyatwa.
(b) Mabelreign.
(c) Gomo Central.
(d) Zaoga.

10. In what part of Harare do Sam and Jane live?
(a) Greendale.
(b) Mabvuku.
(c) Chisipite.
(d) Eastlea.

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

12. Chapter 4 opens with which of the following?
(a) “Your rent is due; no discussion.”
(b) “Miracles happen all the time, we just have to recognize them for what they are.”
(c) “As soon as I see the logo on the wall, I run toward it, my heart thumping wildly.”
(d) “It is my second year in London, and I stand in the doorway, scanning the small room for an empty chair.”

13. How does the memoir gloss “tsotsi”?
(a) Cook.
(b) Lover.
(c) Thief.
(d) Wife.

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

15. What is the name of Amai’s second daughter?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Osi.
(c) Chio.
(d) Memo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does Bronwyn seek to have?

2. How old was Val when his father died?

3. To which of the following is the memoir dedicated?

4. In which year does the second Chimurenga begin?

5. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 5?

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