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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tshaka Zulu's short stabbing spear called?
(a) An assegai.
(b) A thamu.
(c) An imbwa.
(d) A knockiyani.

2. What does Darling say the last book she read was in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) The Old Man and the Sea.
(b) The Sun Also Rises.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Jane Eyre.

3. Where does the woman in the blue dress discuss terrible things happening in Africa in "Wedding"?
(a) The Congo.
(b) Darfur.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Ethiopia.

4. Darling describes the snow as being as white as what in "Destroyedmichygen"?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Cotton fields.
(c) Clean teeth.
(d) Eyeballs.

5. What is the name of the kid who got school closed down on the last day in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) Peter.
(b) Jack.
(c) George.
(d) Tom.

6. What grade is Darling finishing in school in “This Film Contains Some Disturbing Images”?
(a) 6th grade.
(b) 8th grade.
(c) 9th grade.
(d) 7th grade.

7. How much money does Marina say the Lamborghini costs in the parking lot in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) Almost $100,000.
(b) Almost $3 million.
(c) Almost $200,000.
(d) Almost $2 million.

8. What does Aunt Fostalina get frustrated while trying to order on the phone in "Angel"?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A push-up bra.
(c) A waterbed.
(d) A rowing machine.

9. What does Darling describe as her favorite part about Heavenway in "For Real"?
(a) The stone angels looking down on the graves.
(b) The wreaths of flowers sitting on the graves.
(c) The crosses bearing the names of the dead.
(d) The green grass.

10. How long ago did Darling begin working at a housecleaner in "My America"?
(a) Two weeks ago.
(b) One week ago
(c) Two days ago.
(d) Two years ago.

11. When did Darling begin working at the grocery store where she works in "My America" ?
(a) In 12th grade.
(b) In 9th grade.
(c) In 11th grade.
(d) In 10th grade.

12. How does Darling describe the bride physically in "Wedding"?
(a) Waif-like.
(b) Muscular.
(c) Fat.
(d) Thin.

13. Where has Aunt Fostalina bought a house for Mother of Bones and Darling's mother in "Angel"?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Budapest.
(d) South Africa.

14. 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?
(a) "The fish fearing the worm."
(b) "The pot fearing the kettle."
(c) "The tongue fearing the teeth."
(d) "The cat fearing the birdcage."

15. From what narrative perspective is "How They Lived" related?
(a) Second-person plural.
(b) Third-person, limited.
(c) First-person singular.
(d) First-person plural.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did NaSandi's son die?

2. Who is the talkative cashier from the grocery store that Darling waits with outside in "My America"?

3. Who is the "fat black pig" from the passport office that several women slept with in order to leave Zimbabwe, according to the narrator in "How They Lived"?

4. Why did they shut school down early and send everyone home on the last day of classes in “Hitting Crossroads"?

5. Who has called Aunt Fostalina's house in “This Film Contains Some Disturbing Images”?

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