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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 is the first reason Darling says they have decided to get rid of Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?
(a) "She is sick."
(b) "It makes it hard for us to play."
(c) "If we let her have the baby, she will just die."
(d) "Her parents will kill her if they find out."

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

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

4. How old is Godknows in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. Where did Darling's cousin Madante go to work, according to the narrator in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) In the gold mines.
(b) In the maize fields.
(c) In the coal mines.
(d) In the diamond mines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who won the country-game today, according to Darling in "Hitting Budapest"?

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

3. How old is Chipo in "Hitting Budapest"?

4. What do the children do in the bedroom of the white people's house in "Blak Power"?

5. Who from the show "ER" does Sbho pretend to be in "We Need New Names"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What exchange takes place between Darling and the man on the phone in "Blak Power"?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when the lorries from NGO arrive in “Country-Game”?

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

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

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

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

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