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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. What profession had Val’s father held?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Professor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Lawyer.

2. How old was Val when his father died?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

3. What is Sam’s relationship to Elizabeth?
(a) Maternal uncle.
(b) Sororal husband.
(c) Second cousin.
(d) Paternal uncle.

4. From which city does the narrator fly to London for the first time?
(a) Bulawayo.
(b) Chimoio.
(c) Gweru.
(d) Harare.

5. Which of the following do the people of the narrator’s village sell in the Township Center?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Rice.
(c) Maize.
(d) Barley.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what village did the narrator live?

2. How does the memoir gloss “tsotsi”?

3. How does the memoir gloss “tasununguka”?

4. How does the narrator gloss the term “gogo” in the memoir?

5. How does the narrator gloss the term “ambuyas” in the memoir?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 7 (85-86)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

2. Why does Elizabeth walk away from Amai when the latter confronts her at school?

3. What is Chimurenga in the memoir?

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

5. What is the weather like when Elizabeth first arrives in London?

6. Why does Elizabeth adopt a new name at school?

7. What reason is given for Gogo having raised Elizabeth?

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

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

10. Why does the young Elizabeth note not being scared at Gogo’s extended absence assisting people in another village?

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