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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Annamaria's son?
(a) Chipo.
(b) Godknows.
(c) Bastard.
(d) Whiteboy.

2. Where has Darling's mother gone in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) To see her husband in South Africa.
(b) To see her mother in Budapest.
(c) To visit her sister in America.
(d) To sell things at the border.

3. "How They Appeared" begins with the line, "They did not come to Paradise. Coming would mean that they were" what?
(a) "Hopeful."
(b) "Wanters."
(c) "Choosers."
(d) "Alive."

4. Where do Darling and her friends go to get rid of Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?
(a) To MotherLove's shack.
(b) To Chipo's shack.
(c) To Darling's shack.
(d) Behind Heavenway.

5. What does Fat Mangena say they are building in "Country-Game"?
(a) A church.
(b) A school.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A shopping mall.

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

7. What is the name of Bastard's little sister that he is supposed to be watching in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) Sbho.
(b) Stina.
(c) Fraction.
(d) Chipo.

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

9. Who won the country-game today, according to Darling in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) Chipo.
(b) Sbho.
(c) Stina.
(d) Bastard.

10. What is Darling's mother's name?
(a) MotherLove.
(b) MaS'banda.
(c) Felistus.
(d) Sbho.

11. What country does Darling get to play in "Country-Game"?
(a) Congo.
(b) U.S.A.
(c) Dubai.
(d) France.

12. Who is called in to pray for Darling's father in "Shhhh"?
(a) Prophet Revelations Bitchington Mborro.
(b) MotherLove.
(c) Mother of Bones.
(d) Mgcini.

13. When the children call out for the man that MaS'banda sent them to find in Shanghai, they learn that he has gone where in "Country-Game"?
(a) To Botswana.
(b) To the United States.
(c) To Zambia.
(d) To South Africa.

14. Where does Darling say she has seen the queen from the picture before in "Blak Power"?
(a) On television.
(b) On a newspaper.
(c) While visiting London.
(d) On British money.

15. What game was Darling playing when she comes in to find her father at home in "Shhhh"?
(a) Hopscotch.
(b) Country-game.
(c) Find bin Laden.
(d) Ally-over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds the rusted clothes hanger to use to remove Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?

2. What game are Darling's friend playing at the playground when she passes them going to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?

3. What name is printed on the picture of the man with gray hair holding a cup and saucer in "Blak Power"?

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

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

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