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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 immediately precedes Chapter 7?
2. In what part of Harare do Sam and Jane live?
3. How does the memoir gloss “Ndinokuda”?
4. In which part of London are Elizabeth’s first lodgings in that city?
5. In what year is Elizabeth born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What contributions to the war effort does Gogo note women made?
2. What are the results of Elizabeth’s first year in school?
3. 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?
4. What dream does Elizabeth have when she falls asleep in Sam’s car after he first takes her from Amai?
5. What happens with Nyari in Epworth?
6. Why does Elizabeth adopt a new name at school?
7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 7 (95-98)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
8. For what reason does Elizabeth call the road through her village “the Danger-Danger road” (30-31)?
9. How does Gogo define “shinga” for Elizabeth?
10. What work does Elizabeth initially find in London?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s name.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Sources attest to the presence of I Am a Girl from Africa on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the memoir? How does it do so?
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