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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 Godknows's fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?
(a) "Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded."
(b) "If I bring forth what is inside me, what I bring forth will save me."
(c) "If you eat a box of fortune cookies, anything is possible."
(d) "Your future will be happy and productive."

2. "How They Appeared" begins with the line, "They did not come to Paradise. Coming would mean that they were" what?
(a) "Choosers."
(b) "Hopeful."
(c) "Alive."
(d) "Wanters."

3. What does Darling's father call her when he arrives home?
(a) "My son."
(b) "Zuze."
(c) "My daughter."
(d) "Chipo."

4. Where does Sbho say she saw the television show "ER" in "We Need New Names"?
(a) In Cairo.
(b) In Harare.
(c) In Cape Town.
(d) In Paris.

5. How many faded suns are on the bedspread that Darling counts in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of NaBetina's grandson?

2. Where is the woman from that asks to take the children's picture in "Hitting Budapest"?

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

4. What does Mother of Bones do every morning?

5. Who is the healer of Darling's village that she passes going to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the white couple comes to the door in "Blak Power"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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