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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. As which of the following does the memoir gloss “Mwana wangu”?
2. How does the memoir gloss “mangwanani”?
3. What color dress is the narrator wearing when she arrives in London?
4. Chapter 7 opens with which of the following?
5. What is the monthly rent for Elizabeth’s hostel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Elizabeth walk away from Amai when the latter confronts her at school?
2. What justifications are used to refuse Elizabeth work initially?
3. 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?
4. What challenges to visiting the United Nations’ offices does Elizabeth face while in London?
5. 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?
6. What reason does Elizabeth give for refusing an offer of food from a village woman when Gogo is too long away?
7. What does Elizabeth eat while searching for jobs in London?
8. What job is Val able to get for Elizabeth?
9. Why does Elizabeth adopt a new name at school?
10. What reason is given for Gogo having raised Elizabeth?
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
Notably, there is not much mention of romantic love in the memoir. What effect does this have on the reading, and how is that effect achieved?
Essay Topic 3
Overall, what is the most important theme of I Am a Girl from Africa. What in the text indicates as much? How does it do so?
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