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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what day of the month do the posters remind people to vote in "Real Change"?
(a) The 20th.
(b) The 12th.
(c) The 16th.
(d) The 28th.

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

5. Who discovers Darling and her friends when they are preparing to remove Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?
(a) Mother of Bones.
(b) MotherLove.
(c) Darling's mother.
(d) Bastard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fat Mangena say they are building in "Country-Game"?

2. How old is the woman who asks to take the children's picture in "Hitting Budapest"?

3. Who was Stina's teacher when the children still went to school?

4. How do the children respond when Sbho asks in "Hitting Budapest," "Who discovered the way to India?"

5. What does Darling say Chipo's baby will be in "Hitting Budapest"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrative style change in “How They Appeared"?

2. How old is the protagonist when the novel begins? What is her family like?

3. Who is Mother of Bones and why is Darling staying with her in "Darling on the Mountain"?

4. What objective do Darling and her friends set out to achieve in "We Need New Names"? Do they achieve this objective?

5. How is Prophet Revelations Bitchington Mborro's character described?

6. How is the setting of Paradise described? How many people live in this village?

7. Why are Darling and her friends going to Budapest in "Hitting Budapest"?

8. What does Chipo reveal to Darling during the church service in "Darling on the Mountain"? Why?

9. What are the perceptions of the coming election in "Real Change"?

10. Why are people streaming into Paradise in "How They Appeared"?

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