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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. Where is Darling's father in "Darling on the Mountain"?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Zambia.
(d) Mozambique.

2. Who does Forgiveness play from the show "ER" in "We Need New Names"?
(a) Dr. Bullet.
(b) Dr. Cutter.
(c) Dr. Roz.
(d) Dr. Ross.

3. Who was coming to see Sbho's family but was stopped by a roadblock last week in "Blak Power"?
(a) Sekuru Tendai.
(b) Mr. Gono.
(c) Nomoreproblems.
(d) Mother of Bones.

4. Who is the "short, light-skinned girl who took over MaDumane's husband when MaDumane went to be a housemaid?
(a) Stina.
(b) MotherLove.
(c) MaS'banda.
(d) Nosizi.

5. In "Darling on the Mountain," Darling compares the color of Mother of Bones's face to the color of what?
(a) The sky.
(b) The shacks.
(c) Straw.
(d) The mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What road is Darling not supposed to cross with her friends in "Hitting Budapest"?

2. What are Bornfree and Messenger carrying when they pass Darling on her way to church in "Darling on the Mountain"?

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

4. Why does Darling say that people believe she is possessed in "Darling on the Mountain"?

5. Where did MaDumane go to become a housemaid, according to the narrator in "We Need New Names"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What objective do Darling and her friends set out to achieve in "We Need New Names"? Do they achieve this objective?

2. How is the setting of Budapest described? Where is this setting in relation to Paradise?

3. Why are people streaming into Paradise in "How They Appeared"?

4. How is the setting of Paradise described? How many people live in this village?

5. How do the children respond to the woman from London in "Hitting Budapest"?

6. How is the guard described that the children encounter in "Blak Power"?

7. What does Prophet Revelations Bitchington Mborro require to heal Darling's father?

8. How is Darling's father described when he returns in "Shhhh"?

9. What exchange takes place between Darling and the man on the phone in "Blak Power"?

10. What is the symbolic significance of the Lamborghini that appears in the novel?

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