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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 the woman in the blue dress ask Darling to do in "Wedding"?
(a) To write her name on a piece of paper.
(b) To sing a song from her culture.
(c) To say something from her language.
(d) To perform a ritual dance from her culture.

2. In "How They Left," the narrator states, "When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like" what?
(a) "Rabbits in a drought."
(b) "Deer running from a forest fire."
(c) "Birds escaping a burning sky."
(d) "Antelope running from lions."

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

4. Whose funeral are Darling and her friends observing in "For Real"?
(a) Bornfree's.
(b) MotherLove's.
(c) MaS'banda's.
(d) Stina's.

5. Where does Aunt Fostalina go after hanging up the phone with the saleswoman in "Angel"?
(a) To the garden.
(b) To the bathroom.
(c) To the attic.
(d) To the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Darling living in "Angel"?

2. Who has brought Darling fruit from home in "Angel"?

3. Of what celebrity does Darling say in “Hitting Crossroads," "I know that she can go anywhere in the world and get a baby wherever she wants"?

4. Who is the translator that translates the messages from the groom's family in "Wedding"?

5. How does Darling describe the bride physically in "Wedding"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aunt Fostalina obsess over throughout the novel? Why?

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

3. Who is Tshaka Zulu and how is his character introduced?

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

5. What is the relationship between the groom and Aunt Fostalina in "Wedding"?

6. What "close call" do Darling and her friends encounter in the car in "Hitting Crossroads"?

7. How would you describe the relationship between Darling and the grocery manager Jim?

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

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

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

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