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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 South American country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?
2. In which *hospital* does Chapter 8 begin?
3. Chapter 13 opens with which of the following?
4. To which of the following does Osi compare Elizabeth?
5. Which African country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of eliminating child marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Gogo note that children are born with clenched fists?
2. What is Elizabeth’s first assignment in Cleeves’s employ?
3. How does the narrator note having learned how to count?
4. 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?
5. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the section of Chapter 12 in which Elizabeth explains her reason for appealing to men in HeForShe, beginning with “I am fully aware” and ending with “their professional dreams” (176)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
6. How does the memoir gloss intersectionality?
7. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?
8. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?
9. Why, per Elizabeth, does she buy Amai and Baba a home?
10. 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?
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
The narrator makes mention of “so many [opportunities] in my life for which I am deeply grateful” (73). What effect does that expression of gratitude have for the reader? How does that effect manifest from the text of the memoir?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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