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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 Elizabeth initially determine to call Osi?
(a) Brother.
(b) Tiny Nose.
(c) The Boy.
(d) Little-One.

2. What color is Elizabeth’s suitcase when she arrives in London?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

3. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 2?
(a) Sudan.
(b) ZImbabwe.
(c) COngo.
(d) Senegal.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country is Val?

2. How does the memoir gloss “nherera”?

3. In the memoir, the phrase “Une muvra?” carries which of the following meanings?

4. How does the narrator gloss the term “hanzwadis” in the memoir?

5. In what year is Elizabeth born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Elizabeth give for refusing an offer of food from a village woman when Gogo is too long away?

2. What reasons does Elizabeth give for keeping her room at the London hostel despite initial misgivings?

3. What job is Val able to get for Elizabeth?

4. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 1—from “I will never forget this moment” to the end (8)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

5. What foods are noted to be grown near Gogo’s hut (2)?

6. How does Gogo report the Zimbabweans first greeted the British?

7. What contributions to the war effort does Gogo note women made?

8. What reason is given for Gogo having raised Elizabeth?

9. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 7 (85-86)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

10. What is Chimurenga in the memoir?

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