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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is printed on the T-shirt that the woman wears who asks if she can photograph the children in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) "Save Darfur."
(b) "One Voice."
(c) "Nike."
(d) "Be the Change."

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

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

4. What do the children discover in the bathroom of the white people's home in "Blak Power"?
(a) The words "Blak Power" written in feces on the mirror.
(b) A woman hanging from a rope.
(c) A dog that has been stabbed to death.
(d) The word "Murderer" written in feces on the mirror.

5. What is printed on the T-shirt that Godknows wears in "Blak Power"?
(a) "Don't Be Mean, Go Green."
(b) "Save Darfur."
(c) "F.R.I.E.N.D.S."
(d) "Nike."

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

7. Who does Forgiveness play from the show "ER" in "We Need New Names"?
(a) Dr. Cutter.
(b) Dr. Ross.
(c) Dr. Roz.
(d) Dr. Bullet.

8. What is the name of the mountain that Darling climbs to attend church in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) Nyangani.
(b) Zuze.
(c) Fambeki.
(d) Mzilikazi.

9. What road is Darling not supposed to cross with her friends in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) Julius Street.
(b) Masiyephambili Road.
(c) Robert Street.
(d) Mzilikazi Road.

10. What road do you take to get to Shanghai from Budapest, according to the narrator in "Country-Game"?
(a) Mzilikazi Road.
(b) Robert Street.
(c) Julius Street.
(d) Masiyephambili Road.

11. The children place posters on every shack in the village except for whose in "Real Change"?
(a) Chipo's.
(b) Mother of Bones's.
(c) Nomoreproblems's.
(d) MotherLove's.

12. What name is printed on the picture of the man with gray hair holding a cup and saucer in "Blak Power"?
(a) The Hon. Andrew Richards.
(b) The Hon. Ian Douglas Smith.
(c) The Hon. Vastine Stabler.
(d) The Hon. Willaim Anderson.

13. What does Darling claim the women of the village are always busy with in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) "Working and praying."
(b) "Cooking and cleaning."
(c) "Hair and talk."
(d) "Selling and buying."

14. Who from the television show "ER" does Darling play in "We Need New Names"?
(a) Dr. Ross.
(b) Dr. Cutter.
(c) Dr. Roz.
(d) Dr. Bullet.

15. Where did Darling's cousin Madante go to work, according to the narrator in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) In the diamond mines.
(b) In the gold mines.
(c) In the coal mines.
(d) In the maize fields.

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. How old is Sbho in "Hitting Budapest"?

3. What are Bornfree and Messenger carrying when they pass Darling on her way to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?

4. What color dress does Darling wear to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?

5. Why does Darling say that people believe she is possessed in "Darling on the Mountain"?

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