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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. At what age does the memoir note a person can be married in the United States?
2. Which UN Secretary-General does Elizabeth meet first?
3. Work against what disease sends the protagonist to Budongo?
4. Which of the following does the narrator note has an HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of under 1%?
5. Into what position is Elizabeth first promoted while working with Cleeves?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason is Elizabeth’s family grateful for her paid position at the United Nations?
2. Explicate the irony in the final section of Chapter 8 (115-16).
3. What is Elizabeth’s first assignment in Cleeves’s employ?
4. How is the death of Tanaka explained?
5. How does Baba explain the decision to leave Elizabeth with Gogo?
6. What reason does Gogo note that children are born with clenched fists?
7. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?
8. How does the narrator note having learned how to count?
9. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 12 (167-68)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
10. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 14 (209-10)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
To what genre other than memoir might I Am a Girl from Africa be considered to belong? Why might it fit into that genre?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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