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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. How does the memoir gloss “chinyarara”?
(a) Cry loudly.
(b) Laugh loudly.
(c) Don’t laugh.
(d) Don’t cry.

2. What is the capital of Tanzania?
(a) Kampala.
(b) Lilongwe.
(c) Dar es Salaam.
(d) Nairobi

3. In which of the following does Chapter 10 begin?
(a) Batumi.
(b) Kutaisi.
(c) Rustavi.
(d) Tbilisi.

4. What occupation does Osi have when Elizabeth visits Harare amid working with Cleeves?
(a) Fixing televisions.
(b) Programming computers.
(c) Fixing computers.
(d) Sacking groceries.

5. With which organization does Elizabeth first meet the UN Secretary-General?
(a) UNICEF.
(b) UNIDO.
(c) UNESCO.
(d) UNAIDS.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 8?

2. To which of the following does Sam have an allergy?

3. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 11?

4. What medicine does the memoir note is of effect in Budongo and similar communities?

5. Which of the following Nordic countries does the narrator cite as an example of improving gender parity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?

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

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

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

6. How is the death of Tanaka explained?

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

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

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

10. How does the memoir gloss intersectionality?

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