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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. To which of the following does Osi compare Elizabeth?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Duck.
(c) Ostrich.
(d) Turkey.

2. Into what position is Elizabeth first promoted while working with Cleeves?
(a) Operations manager.
(b) Bookkeeping clerk.
(c) Events organizer.
(d) Office assistant.

3. Which African country does the narrator hold up as a useful model of gender parity?
(a) Uganda.
(b) Burundi.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Rwanda.

4. Which of the following authors does Sam read?
(a) Mabanckou.
(b) Gordimer.
(c) Okri.
(d) Achebe.

5. What does Elizabeth sell in her first “official” job?
(a) Pumpkins.
(b) Sweet potatoes.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Maize.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which *city* does Chapter 8 begin?

2. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 11?

3. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 15?

4. For whom does Elizabeth work when she travels to Georgia?

5. Chapter 11 opens with which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the first section of Chapter 8 (101)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

2. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?

3. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the final section of Chapter 14 (209-10)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?

4. What is Elizabeth’s first assignment in Cleeves’s employ?

5. How is Ubuntu described in the memoir?

6. For what reason is Elizabeth’s family grateful for her paid position at the United Nations?

7. What does Elizabeth come to realize about issues of gender inequality (157)?

8. With what is Elizabeth afflicted in what she reports as her first close encounter with her own death?

9. What objections are raised to including and appealing to men in HeForShe?

10. How are people in Tanzania persuaded to allow women to distribute medication?

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