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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 6 opens with which of the following?
(a) “As soon as I see the logo on the wall, I run toward it, my heart thumping wildly.”
(b) “It is my second year in London, and I stand in the doorway, scanning the small room for an empty chair.”
(c) “Your rent is due; no discussion.”
(d) “Miracles happen all the time, we just have to recognize them for what they are.”

2. What does the narrator note eating?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Ants.
(c) Termites.
(d) Grasshoppers.

3. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 2?
(a) Senegal.
(b) ZImbabwe.
(c) COngo.
(d) Sudan.

4. What color is the dress worn by the receptionist who first refuses Elizabeth work in London?
(a) Brown.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. How does the narrator gloss the term “gogo” in the memoir?
(a) Father.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Mother.
(d) Grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is Val?

2. How does the memoir gloss “tasununguka”?

3. Which of the following is the third of Gogo’s sons?

4. In which year does the second Chimurenga begin?

5. What is the monthly rent for Elizabeth’s hostel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What goods does Elizabeth’s mother bring when she first arrives to pick Elizabeth up from Gogo?

2. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 6 (71-73)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

3. For what reason does Elizabeth call the road through her village “the Danger-Danger road” (30-31)?

4. What jobs does Val note his mother had done after his father’s death?

5. What foods are noted to be grown near Gogo’s hut (2)?

6. How does Gogo report the Zimbabweans first greeted the British?

7. What justifications are used to refuse Elizabeth work initially?

8. What dream does Elizabeth have when she falls asleep in Sam’s car after he first takes her from Amai?

9. What barrier to communication does Elizabeth experience when she arrives at the hostel in London?

10. How does Elizabeth arrange to pay for her rent at the hostel after her second month there?

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