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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. From which of the following is Iman a graduate?
2. From what country is Val?
3. What position does Elizabeth initially take with Cleeves?
4. From which city does the narrator fly to London for the first time?
5. What does the narrator note eating?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Chimurenga in the memoir?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Why does the young Elizabeth note not being scared at Gogo’s extended absence assisting people in another village?
5. What message does Amai leave for Elizabeth when Sam takes her?
6. What contributions to the war effort does Gogo note women made?
7. How does Gogo define “shinga” for Elizabeth?
8. How does Gogo report the Zimbabweans first greeted the British?
9. 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?
10. What initially gives Elizabeth doubts as she arrives in London?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of individual chapters in I Am a Girl from Africa do so for their chapters? How or how not?
Essay Topic 2
Notably, there is not much mention of romantic love in the memoir. What effect does this have on the reading, and how is that effect achieved?
Essay Topic 3
The narrator makes mention of “so many [opportunities] in my life for which I am deeply grateful” (73). What effect does that expression of gratitude have for the reader? How does that effect manifest from the text of the memoir?
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