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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sbho say she saw the television show "ER" in "We Need New Names"?
(a) In Cairo.
(b) In Paris.
(c) In Cape Town.
(d) In Harare.

2. Why does Darling cross into Budapest in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) To steal guavas.
(b) To play hide-and-seek.
(c) To fetch her sister.
(d) To buy candy.

3. Who was Stina's teacher when the children still went to school?
(a) Mr. Gono.
(b) Zuze.
(c) MaS'banda.
(d) Sekuru Tendai.

4. What is the name of the cemetery at the edge of Paradise?
(a) Shadybrook.
(b) Heavenway.
(c) Mt. Zion.
(d) Rose Hill.

5. To whom does Darling describe her mother taking her get her to smoke from a gourd before she left for America in "Destroyedmichygen"?
(a) Mgcini.
(b) MotherLove.
(c) Vodloza.
(d) Nosizi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second reason that Darling gives for deciding to get rid of Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?

2. In "For Real," the narrator says, "I used to be very afraid of graveyards and death and such things, but not anymore. There is just no sense being afraid when you live so near the graves; it would be like" what?

3. What do the children do in the bedroom of the white people's house in "Blak Power"?

4. How old is Sbho in "Hitting Budapest"?

5. Who bursts into tears as the marchers come in and the children are harvesting guavas in "Blak Power"?

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