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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 8?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Burundi.

3. Under which UN Secretary-General does HeForShe begin?
(a) António Guterres.
(b) Ban Ki-Moon.
(c) Kofi Annan.
(d) Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

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

5. Chapter 14 opens with which of the following?
(a) “I take a deep breath, scan the packed room, and feel my heartbeat gallop away.”
(b) “‘Shhh, shhh,’ I say softly.”
(c) “What the heck is the United Nations doing?”
(d) “I scan the small, cozy room painted a crisp white color and notice the plush, patterned burgundy rugs covering the wooden tiles.”

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

7. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 11?
(a) “If you pick up one end of the stick, you also pick up the other.”
(b) “I am because we are, and because we are, you are.”
(c) “Where there is love, there is no darkness.”
(d) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”

8. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 13?
(a) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
(b) “In a moment of crisis, the wise build bridges.”
(c) “Those who want the rain, must also accept the mud.”
(d) “However long the night, dawn always breaks.

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

10. For whom does Elizabeth work when she travels to Georgia?
(a) Seiter.
(b) Cleeves.
(c) Amazigo.
(d) Phumzile.

11. How does the memoir gloss “chinyarara”?
(a) Laugh loudly.
(b) Cry loudly.
(c) Don’t laugh.
(d) Don’t cry.

12. Chapter 12 opens with which of the following?
(a) “I take a deep breath, scan the packed room, and feel my heartbeat gallop away.”
(b) “‘Shhh, shhh,’ I say softly.”
(c) “What the heck is the United Nations doing?”
(d) “I scan the small, cozy room painted a crisp white color and notice the plush, patterned burgundy rugs covering the wooden tiles.”

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

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

15. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 15?
(a) New York.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Niger.
(d) Congo.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 14?

2. What nickname does Sam have for Elizabeth?

3. What is the name of Cleeves’s husband?

4. Chapter 9 opens with which of the following?

5. What is the capital of Tanzania?

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