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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 10?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Ehiopia.
(d) Burundi.

2. At what age does Elizabeth graduate from secondary school?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

3. What condition afflicts the narrator as Chapter 8 begins?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Altitude sickness.
(c) Morning sickness.
(d) River blindness.

4. Chapter 14 opens with which of the following?
(a) “What the heck is the United Nations doing?”
(b) “I scan the small, cozy room painted a crisp white color and notice the plush, patterned burgundy rugs covering the wooden tiles.”
(c) “I take a deep breath, scan the packed room, and feel my heartbeat gallop away.”
(d) “‘Shhh, shhh,’ I say softly.”

5. What is the capital of Tanzania?
(a) Lilongwe.
(b) Dar es Salaam.
(c) Nairobi
(d) Kampala.

6. What occupation does Osi have when Elizabeth visits Harare amid working with Cleeves?
(a) Fixing computers.
(b) Fixing televisions.
(c) Programming computers.
(d) Sacking groceries.

7. Under which UN Secretary-General does HeForShe begin?
(a) Ban Ki-Moon.
(b) Kofi Annan.
(c) Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
(d) António Guterres.

8. For whom does Elizabeth work when she travels to Budongo?
(a) Cleeves.
(b) Amaziago.
(c) Seiter.
(d) Phumzile.

9. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 14?
(a) New York.
(b) Niger.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Congo.

10. Which of the following means “disease” in the memoir?
(a) Chirwere.
(b) Beshita.
(c) Shikkan.
(d) Aarun.

11. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 10?
(a) “I am because we are, and because we are, you are.”
(b) “If you pick up one end of the stick, you also pick up the other.”
(c) “Where there is love, there is no darkness.”
(d) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”

12. Chapter 15 opens with which of the following?
(a) “I take a deep breath, scan the packed room, and feel my heartbeat gallop away.”
(b) “‘Shhh, shhh,’ I say softly.”
(c) “I scan the small, cozy room painted a crisp white color and notice the plush, patterned burgundy rugs covering the wooden tiles.”
(d) “What the heck is the United Nations doing?”

13. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 8?
(a) “I am because we are, and because we are, you are.”
(b) “Where there is love, there is no darkness.”
(c) “If you pick up one end of the stick, you also pick up the other.”
(d) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”

14. Work against what disease sends the protagonist to Budongo?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) Malaria.
(c) River blindness.
(d) Altitude sickness.

15. With which organization does Elizabeth first meet the UN Secretary-General?
(a) UNESCO.
(b) UNICEF.
(c) UNIDO.
(d) UNAIDS.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elizabeth sell in her first “official” job?

2. What is the name of Cleeves’s husband?

3. Into what position is Elizabeth first promoted while working with Cleeves?

4. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 11?

5. As which of the following is HIV/AIDS euphemized in Harare?

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