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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 19: "Violet" refers to security pledged for the payment of a loan?
(a) Collateral.
(b) Shares.
(c) Interest.
(d) Dividends.

2. What color hair is Vanessa described as having in the narrative?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

3. For how long did the narrator and her sister go on a trip with their father in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

4. Vanessa announced a plan for the family to take a picnic where in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) At the dam.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) In the woods.
(d) On the coast.

5. Mum is described in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown" as being as scary as what?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A lion.
(c) A gremlin.
(d) A ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was elected Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980?

2. In Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi,” the narrator states that at the beginning of the war, how many acres of the 96 million in Rhodesia were black Africans allowed to own?

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

4. What high school did Bobo attend in Chapter 32: "Malawi"?

5. Who was defeating the Portuguese colonial government in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?

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