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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. What does the narrator note eating?
2. Of which of the following United Nations entities does Elizabeth note having been aware before coming to London?
3. How does the memoir gloss “mangwanani”?
4. How does the narrator gloss the term “sadza” in the memoir?
5. What profession had Val’s father held?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 2 (12-21)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
2. How does Gogo report the Zimbabweans first greeted the British?
3. What challenges to visiting the United Nations’ offices does Elizabeth face while in London?
4. Why does Elizabeth walk away from Amai when the latter confronts her at school?
5. What barrier to communication does Elizabeth experience when she arrives at the hostel in London?
6. What work does Elizabeth initially find in London?
7. What reason does Elizabeth give for refusing an offer of food from a village woman when Gogo is too long away?
8. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 4 (41-44)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
9. How does Gogo define “shinga” for Elizabeth?
10. What are the results of Elizabeth’s first year in school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Much is made in the memoir of the rural African origins of the narrating protagonist. How would the work change were the narrator of a different racial / ethnic background? Why would it change in those ways?
Essay Topic 2
A lack of formal sectional division in the memoir obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the memoir be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?
Essay Topic 3
Readerly attention focuses on the concluding section of Chapter 1 (8): “I will never forget this moment, when I hovered so close to death and was saved just in time. What I don’t yet know is that this particular encounter will define the purpose of my life, acting as a beacon that motivates my actions and aspirations; the light that guides me through every darkness?” Why might the passage be a focus?
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