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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. Where do Darling and her friends go to get rid of Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?

2. Who bursts into tears as the marchers come in and the children are harvesting guavas in "Blak Power"?

3. How old is Godknows in "Hitting Budapest"?

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

5. Who discovers Darling and her friends when they are preparing to remove Chipo's stomach in "We Need New Names"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How old is the protagonist when the novel begins? What is her family like?

4. How does the narrative style change in “How They Appeared"?

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

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

7. How does MotherLove respond when she encounters Darling and her friends in "We Need New Names"?

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

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

10. Where is Shanghai located? How is this setting described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Darling as the novel's protagonist. How old is Darling when the novel begins? What are the circumstances of Darling's life like? How do Darling's circumstances change in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

We Need New Names addresses several serious issues in Zimbabwe, including AIDS, sexual abuse, and severe poverty. Discuss how these issues are developed in the novel. How does the author use fiction to illustrate the gravity of the situation in Zimbabwe? Is she effective in doing so?

Essay Topic 3

How would you compare the characters of Darling, Marina, and Kristal? Where are each of these characters from? How are their cultural histories illustrated in the narrative? How do these characters differ in their language style?

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