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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. The children place posters on every shack in the village except for whose in "Real Change"?
(a) Chipo's.
(b) Mother of Bones's.
(c) MotherLove's.
(d) Nomoreproblems's.

2. "How They Appeared" begins with the line, "They did not come to Paradise. Coming would mean that they were" what?
(a) "Choosers."
(b) "Wanters."
(c) "Alive."
(d) "Hopeful."

3. 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 Zambia.
(c) To South Africa.
(d) To Botswana.

4. Who was Bastard's uncle working with in the mines that was shot by soldiers?
(a) Nosizi.
(b) Zuze.
(c) Mgcini.
(d) Jabu.

5. What letters are on the church badge that the guard wears in "Blak Power"?
(a) NGO.
(b) CRC.
(c) ZCC.
(d) MZT.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is printed on the T-shirt that Godknows wears in "Blak Power"?

2. What is the name of Bastard's little sister that he is supposed to be watching in "Hitting Budapest"?

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

4. What do the children discover in the bathroom of the white people's home in "Blak Power"?

5. What game was Darling playing when she comes in to find her father at home in "Shhhh"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the lorries from NGO arrive in “Country-Game”?

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

4. Why does Mother of Bones count her money every morning? Why does she not use the money?

5. What is the objective of Darling and her friends in going to Shanghai? Do they achieve their objective?

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

7. What are the perceptions of the coming election in "Real Change"?

8. What happens when the white couple comes to the door in "Blak Power"?

9. What is revealed regarding Chipo's circumstances in "Hitting Budapest"?

10. How is Prophet Revelations Bitchington Mborro's character described?

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