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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. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 9?
2. What condition afflicts the narrator as Chapter 8 begins?
3. With which organization does Elizabeth first meet the UN Secretary-General?
4. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 11?
5. For whom does Elizabeth work when she signs on with UN Women?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?
2. With what is Elizabeth afflicted in what she reports as her first close encounter with her own death?
3. Explicate the irony in the final section of Chapter 8 (115-16).
4. How does the memoir gloss intersectionality?
5. 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?
6. Describe Elizabeth’s progress toward Budongo at the beginning of Chapter 9.
7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 8 (101)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
8. How are people in Tanzania persuaded to allow women to distribute medication?
9. Why, per Elizabeth, does she buy Amai and Baba a home?
10. What system does the narrator describe as at work in Karonga to end child marriages?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
A lack of formal sectional division in the memoir obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?
Essay Topic 3
The protagonist of the memoir is clear. Who is the second-most-important character in the book? How does the memoir support such an assertion?
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