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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. To which agency does the protagonist originally apply for work in London?
(a) United Nations Human Settlements Program.
(b) United Nations Children’s Fund.
(c) United Nations Association.
(d) United Nations System Staff College.

2. To which of the following does Amai take Elizabeth from Gogo?
(a) Chitungwiza.
(b) RUwa.
(c) Epworth.
(d) Muzorori.

3. To what culture does Elizabeth claim to belong?
(a) Shona.
(b) Yoruba.
(c) Maasai.
(d) Igbo.

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

5. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 7?
(a) “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.”
(b) “Your dream is a dream for your community.”
(c) “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.”
(d) “It is not fear but courage that is important.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the memoir gloss “Aaaa, tiripo kana makadiyiwo”?

2. What does the narrator note eating?

3. From which of the following is Iman a graduate?

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

5. At which of the following does the narrator report having worked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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