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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 through 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While living with Sam, what gift does Elizabeth receive from a girl in her class?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Phlegm.
(c) Feces.
(d) Blood.

2. In the memoir, the phrase “Une muvra?” carries which of the following meanings?
(a) “Do you have water?”
(b) “Do you have food?”
(c) “Do you have a nickel?”
(d) “Do you have shelter?”

3. As which of the following does Elizabeth regard the staffer at the hostel where she first stays in London?
(a) Tiny Nose.
(b) Little-One.
(c) Answelica.
(d) Baphomet.

4. Work against what disease sends the protagonist to Budongo?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) Malaria.
(c) River blindness.
(d) Altitude sickness.

5. To what culture does Elizabeth claim to belong?
(a) Igbo.
(b) Maasai.
(c) Yoruba.
(d) Shona.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which South American country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?

2. How does the memoir gloss “nherera”?

3. In which part of London are Elizabeth’s first lodgings in that city?

4. In which country do Sam and Jane meet?

5. Chapter 3 opens with which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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