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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the stripes of the flag on the coffin in "For Real"?
(a) Orange, red, and yellow.
(b) Black, red, yellow, and green.
(c) White, black, and red.
(d) Green, yellow, and orange.

2. How does Darling describe her process of aquiring an American accent in "Angel"?
(a) She did it by watching TV.
(b) She did it by imitating Aunt Fostalina.
(c) She did it by taking a diction class.
(d) She did it by studying in class.

3. What is the name of the groom in "Wedding"?
(a) Mgcini.
(b) Dumi.
(c) Zuze.
(d) Nosizi.

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

5. Where is Kojo from?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Zambia.

6. What is the first store that Darling and her friends go into in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) Borders Bookstore.
(b) Brookstone.
(c) Chik-Fil-A.
(d) J.C. Penney.

7. Where are Darling and her friends going in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) To a rock concert.
(b) To the Crossroads Mall.
(c) To the White Horse Tavern.
(d) To Darling's mother's house.

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

9. 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"?
(a) MaS'banda.
(b) Sekuru Tendai.
(c) Bastard.
(d) Banyile Khoza.

10. Who is the cousin that Darling describes living with in "Destroyedmichygen"?
(a) Mgcini.
(b) Zuze.
(c) JR.
(d) TK.

11. What is Darling drinking when she asks Aunt Fostalina about visiting home in "Angel"?
(a) A Coca Cola.
(b) A glass of orange juice.
(c) A Pepsi.
(d) A Capri Sun.

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

13. Who tells Darling she abandoned her home, leading Darling to smash her computer, in "Writing on the Wall"?
(a) Marina.
(b) Sbho.
(c) Chipo.
(d) Godknows.

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

15. Who is the talkative cashier from the grocery store that Darling waits with outside in "My America"?
(a) Megan.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school that Darling attended in Zimbabwe?

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

3. Darling describes the snow as being as white as what in "Destroyedmichygen"?

4. Who had to take his siter Netsai out of school in order to come to America?

5. 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?

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