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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What students attended the C schools?
(a) American students.
(b) White students.
(c) Mixed-race and Indian students.
(d) Black students.

2. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

3. How did Olivia Jane Fuller die?
(a) She was in a plane crash.
(b) She contracted hepatitis.
(c) She drowned.
(d) She was hit by a car.

4. Who came to take away the robbers in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) The Catholic priests.
(b) The police.
(c) The slave-owners.
(d) The army.

5. What did Bobo’s mother offer the border guard as a bribe in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?
(a) A dog.
(b) Cash.
(c) A gold coin.
(d) Bobo.

6. What did the narrator’s mother do when it was time to kill the rabbits on the farm for food in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) She set them free.
(b) She killed them all.
(c) She let the cat into the cage.
(d) She fed them to the dogs.

7. Who was defeating the Portuguese colonial government in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
(a) The Czech rebels.
(b) The Mutare rebels.
(c) The Frelimo rebels.
(d) The Anandi rebels.

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

9. At school, a policeman gave a presentation warning the children that bombs may be hidden in what in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
(a) Soccer balls.
(b) Backpacks.
(c) Briefcases.
(d) Cookie tins.

10. According to the narrator in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies,” in African tradition, an infant who dies must be buried among what?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Tree roots.

11. What was the name of the Fullers’ black maid in Rhodesia in Chapter 8: "Karoi"?
(a) Violet.
(b) Vanessa.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Natasya.

12. With what family friend did the narrator’s parents leave her and her sister in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"?
(a) Tendai Chiweshe.
(b) Ian Douglas.
(c) Kenneth Kaunda.
(d) Roly Swift.

13. How many young white tourists hitchhiking did the Fuller family pick up in Chapter 17: "Vacation"?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.

14. Bobo’s nickname was short for what?
(a) Baboon.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Barbarian.
(d) Barbara.

15. Who injured Violet in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Uncle Bob.
(b) Charlie Chilvers.
(c) Roly Swift.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was life in the Fuller home described in the beginning of Chapter 16: "Afterward"?

2. What animal did the narrator’s mother shoot in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?

3. What two dogs were injured in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?

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

5. What was the name of the Fullers’ black cook in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

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