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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. Which of the following immediately precedes Chapter 10?
2. To which of the following does Sam have an allergy?
3. What medicine does the memoir note is of effect in Budongo and similar communities?
4. From which of the following does the comment come that precedes Chapter 13?
5. Elizabeth notes the development of a “husband school” in which of the following countries?
Short Essay Questions
1. What system does the narrator describe as at work in Karonga to end child marriages?
2. How are people in Tanzania persuaded to allow women to distribute medication?
3. How does the narrator note having learned how to count?
4. How does Elizabeth note a neighboring village had treated an HIV/AIDS patient?
5. Explicate the irony in the final section of Chapter 8 (115-16).
6. What reason does Sam give for Elizabeth’s school paper failure?
7. Describe Elizabeth’s progress toward Budongo at the beginning of Chapter 9.
8. What is the primary rhetorical appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) of the section of Chapter 12 in which Elizabeth explains her reason for appealing to men in HeForShe, beginning with “I am fully aware” and ending with “their professional dreams” (176)? Why and how is it the primary rhetorical appeal?
9. How does the memoir gloss intersectionality?
10. What is Elizabeth’s first assignment in Cleeves’s employ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
A lack of formal sectional division in the memoir obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?
Essay Topic 3
Sources attest to the presence of I Am a Girl from Africa on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the memoir? How does it do so?
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