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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. Which of the following companies does the narrator cite as an example of improving gender parity?
(a) Experian.
(b) Boston Consulting Group.
(c) PricewaterhouseCoopers.
(d) Bain & Company.

2. At which of the following does Elizabeth enroll for graduate school?
(a) London School of Economics.
(b) University of Cambridge.
(c) Imperial College London.
(d) Oxford University.

3. In which of the following does Chapter 9 begin?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Burundi.

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

5. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 11?
(a) Uganda.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Ethiopia.
(d) Burundi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which *hospital* does Chapter 8 begin?

2. In which of the following does Chapter 10 begin?

3. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 10?

4. Work against what disease sends the protagonist to Budongo?

5. With what organization is the narrator affiliated as she goes to Budongo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the death of Tanaka explained?

3. For what reason is Elizabeth’s family grateful for her paid position at the United Nations?

4. How are people in Tanzania persuaded to allow women to distribute medication?

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

6. What is Elizabeth’s first assignment in Cleeves’s employ?

7. What prompts Henzi’s nickname?

8. What reason does Sam give for Elizabeth’s school paper failure?

9. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?

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

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