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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" means to designate a school, park, etc. for use by all races or groups?
(a) Migrate.
(b) Integrate.
(c) Associate.
(d) Propagate.

2. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s father?
(a) Richard Fuller.
(b) Adrian Fuller.
(c) Steven Fuller.
(d) Tim Fuller.

3. What did the narrator’s father allow the farm workers to do to the robbers in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Beat them.
(b) Yell at them.
(c) Drown them.
(d) Shoot them.

4. In what year did the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army attack in the war of liberation known by whites as “The Troubles,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1953.

5. When did Bishop Abel Tendekay Muzorewa of the African National Council form an interim government of the country now called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia?
(a) October, 1972.
(b) April, 1980.
(c) March, 1978.
(d) June, 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many white settlers were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?

2. How many rescued dogs does the narrator describe her mother having surrounded herself with in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

3. What did the narrator’s mother offer to the medics before they left in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

4. How did Olivia Jane Fuller die?

5. At dinner the day after the Prime Minister elections in 1980, how many of the 200 boarders were left at Bobo’s school?

(see the answer key)

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