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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. With what organization is the narrator affiliated as she goes to Budongo?

2. With which of the following is Elizabeth afflicted in Burkina Faso?

3. As which of the following is HIV/AIDS euphemized in Harare?

4. In which of the following does Chapter 9 begin?

5. What is the name of the narrator’s guide in Budongo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, per Elizabeth, does she buy Amai and Baba a home?

2. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?

3. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?

4. How are people in Tanzania persuaded to allow women to distribute medication?

5. What reason does Sam give for Elizabeth’s school paper failure?

6. Explicate the irony in the final section of Chapter 8 (115-16).

7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the section of Chapter 8 beginning with “I am ecstatic” and ending with “what I have done” (114-115)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

8. How does Baba explain the decision to leave Elizabeth with Gogo?

9. With what is Elizabeth afflicted in what she reports as her first close encounter with her own death?

10. For what reason is Elizabeth’s family grateful for her paid position at the United Nations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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