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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. Chapter 9 opens with which of the following?
(a) “The sharp smell of antiseptic cleaning solution lingers in the air like a strange perfume.”
(b) “My heart is pounding wildly as I enter the room.”
(c) “I wrap my hands around a steaming bowl of dumpling soup, trying to get warm.”
(d) “Stumbling through a dense forest in rural Uganda, practically breathless, I finally slump over.”

2. Into what position is Elizabeth first promoted while working with Cleeves?
(a) Bookkeeping clerk.
(b) Office assistant.
(c) Operations manager.
(d) Events organizer.

3. Chapter 13 opens with which of the following?
(a) “What the heck is the United Nations doing?”
(b) “I scan the small, cozy room painted a crisp white color and notice the plush, patterned burgundy rugs covering the wooden tiles.”
(c) “I take a deep breath, scan the packed room, and feel my heartbeat gallop away.”
(d) “‘Shhh, shhh,’ I say softly.”

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

5. What is the name of the narrator’s guide in Budongo?
(a) Ernest.
(b) George.
(c) Varney.
(d) Jim.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is the name of one of Cleeves’s sons?

3. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 15?

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

5. Which African country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of eliminating child marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What prompts Henzi’s nickname?

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

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

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

6. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 14 (209-10)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the section of Chapter 12 in which Elizabeth explains her reason for appealing to men in HeForShe, beginning with “I am fully aware” and ending with “their professional dreams” (176)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

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

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

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

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