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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "How They Appeared," "We Need New Names," and "Shhhh".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the children call out for the man that MaS'banda sent them to find in Shanghai, they learn that he has gone where in "Country-Game"?
(a) To the United States.
(b) To Botswana.
(c) To South Africa.
(d) To Zambia.

2. From what narrative perspective is We Need New Names related?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person, omniscient.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person, limited.

3. What does Mother of Bones do every morning?
(a) She feeds her chickens.
(b) She cleans the stove.
(c) She counts her money.
(d) She cooks the porridge.

4. Why does Darling say that people believe she is possessed in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) Because she suffers from schizophrenia.
(b) Because her grandfather is not properly buried.
(c) Because her mother isn't properly buried.
(d) Because she suffers from epilepsy.

5. What game was Darling playing when she comes in to find her father at home in "Shhhh"?
(a) Ally-over.
(b) Hopscotch.
(c) Country-game.
(d) Find bin Laden.

Short Answer Questions

1. "How They Appeared" begins with the line, "They did not come to Paradise. Coming would mean that they were" what?

2. What does Darling describe Stina's fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?

3. MaS'banda has gotten the children to come to Shanghai to find what man in "Country-Game"?

4. What does Darling describe Sbho's fortune cookie saying in "Country-Game"?

5. What does Darling's father call her when he arrives home?

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