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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. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 4?
(a) ZImbabwe.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Malawi.
(d) Ghana.

2. In what year is Elizabeth born?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1980.

3. How does the narrator gloss the term “ambuyas” in the memoir?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Aunts.
(d) Brothers.

4. How does the memoir gloss “tsotsi”?
(a) Cook.
(b) Lover.
(c) Thief.
(d) Wife.

5. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 1?
(a) ZImbabwe.
(b) Congo.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Sudan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the memoir, the phrase “Ko, chikafu?” carries which of the following meanings?

2. Of which of the following United Nations entities does Elizabeth note having been aware before coming to London?

3. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 5?

4. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 2?

5. What color is Elizabeth’s suitcase when she arrives in London?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What is Chimurenga in the memoir?

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

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

7. What does Elizabeth note is the primary mission of UNICEF?

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

9. What happens with Nyari in Epworth?

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

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