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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 store that Darling and her friends go into in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) Brookstone.
(b) J.C. Penney.
(c) Borders Bookstore.
(d) Chik-Fil-A.

2. What news channel does the woman in the blue dress describe watching in "Wedding"?
(a) FOX News.
(b) MSNBC.
(c) CBS.
(d) CNN.

3. Who worked the fields of Botswana for nine months in order to emigrate from his home country?
(a) Zuze.
(b) Bastard.
(c) Ngo.
(d) MaS'banda.

4. Who had to take his siter Netsai out of school in order to come to America?
(a) Knockiyani.
(b) Perseverance.
(c) Mr. Gono.
(d) Forgiveness.

5. Who plays MaDube in the game of pretend in "For Real"?
(a) Godknows.
(b) Sbho.
(c) Chipo.
(d) Mgcini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school that Darling attended in Zimbabwe?

2. From what narrative perspective is "How They Lived" related?

3. Where is Kojo from?

4. Whose car have Darling and her friends taken in “Hitting Crossroads"?

5. What is the name of Godknows's sister in the photograph in "Destroyedmichygen"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Darling living in “Destroyedmichygen”? With whom does she live?

2. How does the narrative style in “How They Lived” stand apart from the other chapters in the novel?

3. What do Darling and her friends do at J.C. Penney in "Hitting Crossroads"?

4. How is the setting of Shadybrook nursing home described?

5. How would you describe the household where Darling works as a housecleaner in "My America"?

6. How is the bride described in "Wedding"?

7. What happens in the exchange between Darling and Chipo in "Writing on the Wall"?

8. How does Darling describe her impressions of America in “Destroyedmichygen”?

9. What game do the children play after the funeral in "For Real"? How is the game described?

10. Whose car have Darling and her friends taken in “Hitting Crossroads"? Why?

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