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

2. From what Tube stop does Elizabeth emerge to reach her first lodgings in London?
(a) Gloucester Road.
(b) South Kensington.
(c) Sloane Square.
(d) Holland Park.

3. How much money does Elizabeth note having after paying a second month’s rent at the hostel?
(a) £70.
(b) £60.
(c) £50.
(d) £40.

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

5. In what year is Elizabeth born?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. About which of the following is Iman cautioned?

2. How does the memoir gloss “tsotsi”?

3. What does the narrator note eating?

4. Which of the following does Elizabeth name her goat?

5. In which year does the first Chimurenga begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first two sections of Chapter 1—from the beginning of the chapter to “as if through mud” (1-3)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

2. For what reason does Elizabeth call the road through her village “the Danger-Danger road” (30-31)?

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

4. 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?

5. What initially gives Elizabeth doubts as she arrives in London?

6. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 4 (41-44)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

7. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 7 (95-98)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

8. What does Elizabeth note is the primary mission of UNICEF?

9. What challenges to visiting the United Nations’ offices does Elizabeth face while in London?

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

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