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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. Chapter 7 opens with which of the following?

2. From what Tube stop does Elizabeth emerge to reach her first lodgings in London?

3. What color is Elizabeth’s suitcase when she arrives in London?

4. As which of the following does Gogo euphemize HIV/AIDS?

5. What color is the dress Elizabeth wears when Sam first picks her up from Amai?

Short Essay Questions

1. What dream does Elizabeth have when she falls asleep in Sam’s car after he first takes her from Amai?

2. What does Elizabeth eat while searching for jobs in London?

3. For what reason does Elizabeth call the road through her village “the Danger-Danger road” (30-31)?

4. How does Gogo define “shinga” for Elizabeth?

5. What job is Val able to get for Elizabeth?

6. What reasons does Elizabeth give for keeping her room at the London hostel despite initial misgivings?

7. What message does Amai leave for Elizabeth when Sam takes her?

8. What are the results of Elizabeth’s first year in school?

9. What work does Elizabeth initially find in London?

10. What contributions to the war effort does Gogo note women made?

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

Consider who receives a full name in the memoir, who receives only a partial name, and who receives only a nickname or a pet name. What significance accrues to naming practices in the text, and how does the memoir present that significance?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s name.

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