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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Chapter 13 opens with which of the following?
(a) “‘Shhh, shhh,’ I say softly.”
(b) “I take a deep breath, scan the packed room, and feel my heartbeat gallop away.”
(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?”

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

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

7. To which of the following does Sam have an allergy?
(a) Sulfamethoxazole.
(b) Tetracycline.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Trimethoprim.

8. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 8?
(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) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”
(d) “Where there is love, there is no darkness.”

9. How does the memoir gloss “Muramba Tsvina”?
(a) One who embraces filth.
(b) One who refuses love.
(c) One who embraces love.
(d) One who refuses filth.

10. Which South American country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?
(a) Uruguay.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Chile.

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

12. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 13?
(a) “However long the night, dawn always breaks.
(b) “In a moment of crisis, the wise build bridges.”
(c) “Those who want the rain, must also accept the mud.”
(d) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

13. What is the name of Cleeves’s husband?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Elijah.
(c) William.
(d) Martin.

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

15. How does the memoir gloss “chinyarara”?
(a) Cry loudly.
(b) Laugh loudly.
(c) Don’t laugh.
(d) Don’t cry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which of the following does Chapter 14 begin?

3. What kind of car does the memoir note Osi drives?

4. In which of the following does Chapter 12 begin?

5. Chapter 9 opens with which of the following?

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