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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Amai’s second daughter?
(a) Chio.
(b) Osi.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Memo.

2. How does the memoir gloss “mangwanani”?
(a) Good afternoon.
(b) Good evening.
(c) Good morning.
(d) Good night.

3. From which city does the narrator fly to London for the first time?
(a) Chimoio.
(b) Harare.
(c) Bulawayo.
(d) Gweru.

4. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 5?
(a) “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.”
(b) “It is not fear but courage that is important.”
(c) “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.”
(d) “Your dream is a dream for your community.”

5. How old was Val when his father died?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

6. In which country do Sam and Jane meet?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

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

8. How does the memoir gloss “vapambepfumi”?
(a) Child of African soil.
(b) Orphan.
(c) White oppressors.
(d) We are free.

9. In which year does the second Chimurenga begin?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1866.

10. How does the memoir gloss “nherera”?
(a) We are free.
(b) Child of African soil.
(c) White oppressors.
(d) Orphan.

11. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 1?
(a) Sudan.
(b) ZImbabwe.
(c) Senegal.
(d) Congo.

12. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 5?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Malawi.

13. How does the narrator gloss the term “ambuyas” in the memoir?
(a) Aunts.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Brothers.

14. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 4?
(a) “It is not fear but courage that is important.”
(b) “You must act as if it is impossible to fail.”
(c) “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.”
(d) “Your dream is a dream for your community.”

15. How does the narrator gloss the term “sisis” in the memoir?
(a) Aunts.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Uncles.
(d) Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 3?

2. How does the memoir gloss “tasununguka”?

3. For how many weeks does Elizabeth seek a position with Cleeves?

4. What does Gogo remark Zimbabwe had previously been called?

5. What field of study does Elizabeth pursue as an undergraduate?

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