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

2. At which of the following does the narrator report having worked?
(a) Talent agency.
(b) Intelligence agency.
(c) Travel agency.
(d) Real estate agency.

3. In what school does Sam enroll Elizabeth?
(a) Admiral Tait.
(b) Moffat.
(c) Taalnet Eastview.
(d) Epworth Primary.

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

5. What fruit does the narrator remark is in the Good Forest?
(a) Mazhanje.
(b) Durian.
(c) Kola.
(d) Matoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Elizabeth initially take with Cleeves?

2. From what country is Val?

3. In what part of Harare do Sam and Jane live?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first two sections of Chapter 1—from the beginning of the chapter to “as if through mud” (1-3)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

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

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

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

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

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

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