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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Hitting Crossroads".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Darling describe her own fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?
(a) "Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded."
(b) "Your future will be happy and productive."
(c) "If I bring forth what is inside me, what I bring forth will save me."
(d) "A pair of new shoes will do you a world of good."

2. What is printed on the floor mat to the white people's house in "Blak Power"?
(a) "The Robertsons."
(b) "Wipe Your Paws."
(c) "Welcome."
(d) "Africa."

3. Who had offered to take Darling's family across the border when all of the troubles began, according to Darling's father in "Shhhh"?
(a) Mr. Gono.
(b) Mgcini.
(c) Nosizi.
(d) MaS'banda.

4. How many faded suns are on the bedspread that Darling counts in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

5. Who plays MaDube in the game of pretend in "For Real"?
(a) Mgcini.
(b) Chipo.
(c) Godknows.
(d) Sbho.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Darling's mother gone in "Darling on the Mountain"?

2. From what narrative perspective is We Need New Names related?

3. What does Darling say the last book she read was in “Hitting Crossroads"?

4. Where does Stina's uncle now live, according to the narrator in "Hitting Budapest"?

5. Who is Marina's next-door neighbor?

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