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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. How old is Chipo in "Hitting Budapest"?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 16.

2. What does Bastard take from the wall and play with when the children enter the white people's home in "Blak Power"?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A painting.
(c) An Italian mask.
(d) An African mask.

3. When the children call out for the man that MaS'banda sent them to find in Shanghai, they learn that he has gone where in "Country-Game"?
(a) To the United States.
(b) To South Africa.
(c) To Botswana.
(d) To Zambia.

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

5. What happens to the urine in the cup in "We Need New Names"?
(a) Chipo drinks it.
(b) Sbho drinks it.
(c) Darling drinks it.
(d) They use it as sterilizer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Darling describe having done to the picture of Jesus on Mother Jones's calendar in "Darling on the Mountain"?

2. What is the name of the mountain that Darling climbs to attend church in "Darling on the Mountain"?

3. Who is the old blind man that Darling passes on her way to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?

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

5. What color uniforms do the Chinese men wear in Shanghai in "Country-Game"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Prophet Revelations Bitchington Mborro require to heal Darling's father?

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

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

10. How does MotherLove respond when she encounters Darling and her friends in "We Need New Names"?

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