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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. Who is the old blind man that Darling passes on her way to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) Zuze.
(b) Whiteboy.
(c) Fraction.
(d) Mr. Gono.

2. 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) Bastard.
(c) Darling's mother.
(d) MotherLove.

3. Who is the healer of Darling's village that she passes going to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) Mother of Bones.
(b) MotherLove.
(c) Vodloza.
(d) Stina.

4. From what narrative perspective is We Need New Names related?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person, limited.
(c) Third person, omniscient.
(d) First person.

5. What letters are on the church badge that the guard wears in "Blak Power"?
(a) NGO.
(b) ZCC.
(c) MZT.
(d) CRC.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the black man who leads the marchers and addresses the white couple in "Blak Power"?

2. How old is Godknows in "Hitting Budapest"?

3. Where do Darling and her friends go to get rid of Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?

4. What does Darling's father call her when he arrives home?

5. Where do Darling and her friends find guavas to harvest in "Blak Power"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Darling attend church services with Mother of Bones? How is this setting described?

2. What is the symbolic significance of the Lamborghini that appears in the novel?

3. Why does Mother of Bones count her money every morning? Why does she not use the money?

4. Where is Shanghai located? How is this setting described?

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

6. How is the interior of the white couple's home described in "Blak Power"?

7. What is ironic about the development that is being erected in “Country-Game”?

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

9. How did Darling's grandfather die? Why do the villagers believe there is a curse surrounding his death?

10. What is the objective of Darling and her friends in going to Shanghai? Do they achieve their objective?

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