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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 14?
(a) “Those who want the rain, must also accept the mud.”
(b) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
(c) “In a moment of crisis, the wise build bridges.”
(d) “However long the night, dawn always breaks.

2. Chapter 11 opens with which of the following?
(a) “The sharp smell of antiseptic cleaning solution lingers in the air like a strange perfume.”
(b) “I wrap my hands around a steaming bowl of dumpling soup, trying to get warm.”
(c) “My heart is pounding wildly as I enter the room.”
(d) “Stumbling through a dense forest in rural Uganda, practically breathless, I finally slump over.”

3. What medicine does the memoir note is of effect in Budongo and similar communities?
(a) Piperazine.
(b) Amodiaquine.
(c) Ivermectin.
(d) Furazolidone.

4. Which South American country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?
(a) Chile.
(b) Uruguay.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Brazil.

5. Chapter 8 opens with which of the following?
(a) “The sharp smell of antiseptic cleaning solution lingers in the air like a strange perfume.”
(b) “Stumbling through a dense forest in rural Uganda, practically breathless, I finally slump over.”
(c) “My heart is pounding wildly as I enter the room.”
(d) “I wrap my hands around a steaming bowl of dumpling soup, trying to get warm.”

6. Which of the following is the name of one of Cleeves’s sons?
(a) John.
(b) James.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Fred.

7. What is the name of the narrator’s guide in Budongo?
(a) Varney.
(b) Ernest.
(c) George.
(d) Jim.

8. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 12?
(a) “However long the night, dawn always breaks.
(b) “In a moment of crisis, the wise build bridges.”
(c) “Those who want the rain, must also accept the mud.”
(d) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

9. At what age does Elizabeth graduate from secondary school?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

10. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 15?
(a) “However long the night, dawn always breaks.
(b) “In a moment of crisis, the wise build bridges.”
(c) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
(d) “Those who want the rain, must also accept the mud.”

11. Chapter 10 opens with which of the following?
(a) “Stumbling through a dense forest in rural Uganda, practically breathless, I finally slump over.”
(b) “The sharp smell of antiseptic cleaning solution lingers in the air like a strange perfume.”
(c) “My heart is pounding wildly as I enter the room.”
(d) “I wrap my hands around a steaming bowl of dumpling soup, trying to get warm.”

12. Over access to what do the lion and the elephant fight in Gogo’s story?
(a) Horn of Plenty.
(b) Crystal Heart.
(c) Tree of Harmony.
(d) Book of Life.

13. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 8?
(a) “Where there is love, there is no darkness.”
(b) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”
(c) “I am because we are, and because we are, you are.”
(d) “If you pick up one end of the stick, you also pick up the other.”

14. What language does the narrator note is spoken in Ethiopia?
(a) Ge'ez.
(b) Amharic.
(c) Shona.
(d) Yoruba.

15. Who is Elizabeth’s teacher in Budongo?
(a) Betty.
(b) Mary.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Jane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 9?

2. In which of the following does Chapter 12 begin?

3. Chapter 14 opens with which of the following?

4. With which cancer is Cleeves diagnosed?

5. With what organization is the narrator affiliated as she goes to Budongo?

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