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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 does the narrator note has an HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of under 1%?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Kenya.

2. Which African country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of eliminating child marriage?
(a) Malawi.
(b) Zimbabwe.
(c) Burundi.
(d) Uganda.

3. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 11?
(a) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”
(b) “Where there is love, there is no darkness.”
(c) “If you pick up one end of the stick, you also pick up the other.”
(d) “I am because we are, and because we are, you are.”

4. With which of the following is Elizabeth afflicted in Burkina Faso?
(a) River blindness.
(b) Altitude sickness.
(c) Morning sickness.
(d) Malaria.

5. For whom does Elizabeth work when she travels to Budongo?
(a) Seiter.
(b) Amaziago.
(c) Phumzile.
(d) Cleeves.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 10?

2. Under which UN Secretary-General does HeForShe begin?

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

4. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 13?

5. What language does the narrator note is spoken in Ethiopia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 8 (101)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

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

5. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?

6. How is the death of Tanaka explained?

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

8. What prompts Henzi’s nickname?

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

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

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