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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 name of the school that Darling attended in Zimbabwe?
(a) Fambeki Primary School.
(b) Paradise Elementary School.
(c) Masiyephambili Elementary School.
(d) Queen Elizabeth Primary School.

2. Why did they shut school down early and send everyone home on the last day of classes in “Hitting Crossroads"?
(a) Because someone called in a bomb threat.
(b) Because there was flooding from the ceilings.
(c) Because there was a fire in the basement.
(d) Because a boy brought a loaded gun to school.

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

4. Darling says in "Wedding" that school is so easy in America even what could pass?
(a) A dog.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A cow.
(d) A donkey.

5. How does Darling describe the bride physically in "Wedding"?
(a) Waif-like.
(b) Fat.
(c) Muscular.
(d) Thin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the year of death listed on the grave in "For Real"?

2. What is the name of the woman in the blue dress's niece that is a bridesmaid in "Wedding"?

3. Who has called Aunt Fostalina's house in “This Film Contains Some Disturbing Images”?

4. Where are Aunt Fostalina's two jobs?

5. Where does Aunt Fostalina go after hanging up the phone with the saleswoman in "Angel"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe Darling's circumstances in "My America"?

2. How does the narrative style of the novel change in "How They Left"?

3. How would you describe the communications between Darling and her friends back home in "Angel"?

4. Where are Darling and her family going to attend a wedding in "Wedding"? How is this setting described?

5. What does Aunt Fostalina try to order in "Angel"? Why does she become frustrated?

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

7. What is illuminated through Darling's conversation with the white woman in the restroom in "Wedding"?

8. How is the groom described in "Wedding"?

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

10. Whose funeral is observed by Darling and her friends in "For Real"? Why is the funeral significant?

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