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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. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 7?
2. Chapter 7 opens with which of the following?
3. In which country do Sam and Jane meet?
4. To which of the following is the memoir dedicated?
5. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. What barrier to communication does Elizabeth experience when she arrives at the hostel in London?
2. What dream does Elizabeth have when she falls asleep in Sam’s car after he first takes her from Amai?
3. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 1—from “I will never forget this moment” to the end (8)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
4. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 6 (71-73)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
5. How does Gogo define “shinga” for Elizabeth?
6. What message does Amai leave for Elizabeth when Sam takes her?
7. 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?
8. What goods does Elizabeth’s mother bring when she first arrives to pick Elizabeth up from Gogo?
9. 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?
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
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
Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of individual chapters in I Am a Girl from Africa do so for their chapters? How or how not?
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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