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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Country-Game" and "Real Change".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the children respond when Sbho asks in "Hitting Budapest," "Who discovered the way to India?"
(a) "Ferdinand Magellan."
(b) "Vasco da Gama."
(c) "Christopher Columus."
(d) "Hernando Cortes."

2. What does Mother of Bones do every morning?
(a) She cooks the porridge.
(b) She counts her money.
(c) She feeds her chickens.
(d) She cleans the stove.

3. What street do the children choose to steal fruits from in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) Julius Street.
(b) Masiyephambili Road.
(c) Robert Street.
(d) Mzilikazi Road.

4. What does Darling describe Godknows's fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?
(a) "Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded."
(b) "If I bring forth what is inside me, what I bring forth will save me."
(c) "Your future will be happy and productive."
(d) "If you eat a box of fortune cookies, anything is possible."

5. Who is the old blind man that Darling passes on her way to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) Mr. Gono.
(b) Whiteboy.
(c) Fraction.
(d) Zuze.

Short Answer Questions

1. The children place posters on every shack in the village except for whose in "Real Change"?

2. What is the name of the cemetery at the edge of Paradise?

3. Where did Darling's cousin Madante go to work, according to the narrator in "Darling on the Mountain"?

4. What does Darling describe Chipo's fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?

5. What has Bornfree promised to give the children for distributing posters in "Real Change"?

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