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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. Under which UN Secretary-General does HeForShe begin?
(a) Ban Ki-Moon.
(b) António Guterres.
(c) Kofi Annan.
(d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

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

3. What does Elizabeth sell in her first “official” job?
(a) Maize.
(b) Soybeans.
(c) Pumpkins.
(d) Sweet potatoes.

4. As which of the following is HIV/AIDS euphemized in Harare?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Infirmity.
(c) Disease.
(d) Illness.

5. Which of the following is the name of one of Cleeves’s sons?
(a) Oliver.
(b) Ebenezer.
(c) Uriah.
(d) Pip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Elizabeth’s teacher in Budongo?

2. What nickname does Sam have for Elizabeth?

3. Which African country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?

4. Which South American country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?

5. What condition afflicts the narrator as Chapter 8 begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator note having learned how to count?

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

4. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 12 (167-68)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

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

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

7. With what is Elizabeth afflicted in what she reports as her first close encounter with her own death?

8. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?

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

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

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