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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. Which of the following schools had Elizabeth hoped to attend?
(a) University of London.
(b) University of Lincoln.
(c) University of York.
(d) University of Cambridge.

2. How many siblings does Val report having?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

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

4. In what college does Elizabeth enroll as an undergraduate?
(a) University College London.
(b) Kensington & Chelsea College.
(c) University College Kensington.
(d) West London College.

5. As which of the following does Gogo euphemize HIV/AIDS?
(a) The English disease.
(b) Satan’s illness.
(c) Sickening sickness.
(d) God's punishment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the third of Gogo’s sons?

2. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 5?

3. In the memoir, “mukana” has most nearly which of the following meanings?

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

5. What color is Elizabeth’s suitcase when she arrives in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What jobs does Val note his mother had done after his father’s death?

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

4. Why does Elizabeth note Gogo prefers to do her own selling?

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

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

7. What goods does Elizabeth’s mother bring when she first arrives to pick Elizabeth up from Gogo?

8. What dream does Elizabeth have when she falls asleep in Sam’s car after he first takes her from Amai?

9. What message does Amai leave for Elizabeth when Sam takes her?

10. Why does the young Elizabeth note not being scared at Gogo’s extended absence assisting people in another village?

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