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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 14?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Niger.
(c) New York.
(d) Congo.

2. Which UN Secretary-General does Elizabeth meet first?
(a) Kofi Annan.
(b) Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
(c) António Guterres.
(d) Ban Ki-Moon.

3. What kind of car does the memoir note Osi drives?
(a) Ford Taurus.
(b) Chevy Impala.
(c) Toyota Corolla.
(d) Honda Civic.

4. Which South American country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Chile.
(c) Uruguay.
(d) Brazil.

5. In which *hospital* does Chapter 8 begin?
(a) Ethio Tabib.
(b) Bethzatha.
(c) Zewditu Memorial.
(d) St. Yared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 10?

2. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 13?

3. What nickname does Sam have for Elizabeth?

4. What nickname associates with Henzi?

5. Chapter 11 opens with which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, per Elizabeth, does she buy Amai and Baba a home?

2. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?

3. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?

4. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the section of Chapter 8 beginning with “I am ecstatic” and ending with “what I have done” (114-115)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

5. How does Baba explain the decision to leave Elizabeth with Gogo?

6. Explicate the irony in the final section of Chapter 8 (115-16).

7. What prompts Henzi’s nickname?

8. Describe Elizabeth’s progress toward Budongo at the beginning of Chapter 9.

9. What reason does Gogo note that children are born with clenched fists?

10. What does Elizabeth come to realize about issues of gender inequality (157)?

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