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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 everywhere in Shanghai in "Country-Game"?
(a) Machines.
(b) Neon lights.
(c) Billboards.
(d) Skyscrapers.

2. Where did MaDumane go to become a housemaid, according to the narrator in "We Need New Names"?
(a) Namibia.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Zambia.
(d) South Africa.

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

4. Where is Darling's father in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) Zambia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Mozambique.
(d) Botswana.

5. What is printed on the floor mat to the white people's house in "Blak Power"?
(a) "Africa."
(b) "The Robertsons."
(c) "Wipe Your Paws."
(d) "Welcome."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darling describe Chipo's fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?

2. From what narrative perspective is We Need New Names related?

3. What is printed on the T-shirt that the woman wears who asks if she can photograph the children in "Hitting Budapest"?

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

5. How old is Sbho in "Hitting Budapest"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the guard described that the children encounter in "Blak Power"?

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

4. How is Darling's father described when he returns in "Shhhh"?

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

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

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

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

9. From whose perspective is the narrative of We Need New Names related? Why do you think the author has chosen this narrative style?

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

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