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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is the last of Gogo’s sons?
2. What is Sam’s relationship to Elizabeth?
3. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 1?
4. How many rooms are in the hostel where Elizabeth initially stays in London?
5. How does the narrator gloss the term “sadza” in the memoir?
Short Essay Questions
1. What contributions to the war effort does Gogo note women made?
2. What does Elizabeth eat while searching for jobs in London?
3. How does Gogo define “shinga” for Elizabeth?
4. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first two sections of Chapter 1—from the beginning of the chapter to “as if through mud” (1-3)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
5. What is the weather like when Elizabeth first arrives in London?
6. What reasons does Elizabeth give for keeping her room at the London hostel despite initial misgivings?
7. Why does Elizabeth note Gogo prefers to do her own selling?
8. What barrier to communication does Elizabeth experience when she arrives at the hostel in London?
9. What initially gives Elizabeth doubts as she arrives in London?
10. What dream does Elizabeth have when she falls asleep in Sam’s car after he first takes her from Amai?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What significance, if any, accrues to the use of proverbs from different regions as epigraphs for individual chapters? How does the significance accrue?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator makes mention of “so many [opportunities] in my life for which I am deeply grateful” (73). What effect does that expression of gratitude have for the reader? How does that effect manifest from the text of the memoir?
Essay Topic 3
The protagonist of the memoir is clear. Who is the second-most-important character in the book? How does the memoir support such an assertion?
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