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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. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 2?
(a) “We desire to bequeath two things to our children: the first one is roots, the other one is wings.”
(b) “If there is cause to hate someone, the cause to love has just begun.”
(c) “You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave them food yesterday.”
(d) “Do unto others what you would have done to you.”

2. How many rooms are in the hostel where Elizabeth initially stays in London?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

3. What does Gogo remark Zimbabwe had previously been called?
(a) Nyasaland.
(b) Senegambia.
(c) Rhodesia.
(d) Lemuria.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 4 opens with which of the following?

2. In which part of London are Elizabeth’s first lodgings in that city?

3. In what village did the narrator live?

4. Which of the following is the second of Gogo’s sons?

5. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 2 (12-21)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

3. What does Elizabeth eat while searching for jobs in London?

4. What initially gives Elizabeth doubts as she arrives in London?

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

6. How does Gogo define “shinga” for Elizabeth?

7. What are the results of Elizabeth’s first year in school?

8. What is Chimurenga in the memoir?

9. What challenges to visiting the United Nations’ offices does Elizabeth face while in London?

10. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 4 (41-44)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

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