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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. What does Darling describe Bastard's fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?
(a) "Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded."
(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 future will be happy and productive."

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

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

4. Who from the show "ER" does Sbho pretend to be in "We Need New Names"?
(a) Dr. Roz.
(b) Dr. Ross.
(c) Dr. Cutter.
(d) Dr. Bullet.

5. Where has Darling's mother gone in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) To see her husband in South Africa.
(b) To see her mother in Budapest.
(c) To visit her sister in America.
(d) To sell things at the border.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of car is the red car that enters the gate of the fancy estate in "Blak Power"?

3. What road is Darling not supposed to cross with her friends in "Hitting Budapest"?

4. What is the second reason that Darling gives for deciding to get rid of Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?

5. What is Darling's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is revealed regarding Chipo's circumstances in "Hitting Budapest"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do the children observe at the overseer's tent when they arrive in “Country-Game”?

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

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