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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Fullers fish for and catch during their outing in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Trout.
(c) Bass.
(d) Halibut.

2. What was Richard studying in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) Law.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Business.
(d) Medicine.

3. Where was Charlie Chilvers from?
(a) India.
(b) Australia.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Canada.

4. What word from Chapter 22: "Independence" refers to a cessation of hostilities?
(a) Collaboration.
(b) Visage.
(c) Solstice.
(d) Cease-fire.

5. Where did Mum and Dad have a fish farm in Chapter 40: "Now"?
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Dete.
(c) Chirundu.
(d) Robandi.

6. What did Mum believe the ranch managers were attempting to do in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?
(a) Rape her.
(b) Poison her.
(c) Send her secret messages.
(d) Kill her husband.

7. For how long did the narrator’s father accept a job appointment in Chapter 24: "Devuli"?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

8. Who held the Fuller family at gunpoint for several hours in Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi”?
(a) The coast guard.
(b) A band of rebels.
(c) The police.
(d) The army.

9. Vanessa was expecting her what child in Chapter 40: "Now"?
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) First.

10. What did the family sip under the stars in the end of Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) Scotch.
(b) Irish coffee.
(c) Sangria.
(d) Margaritas.

11. Why did Mum chide the narrator’s father when they visited her at the hospital in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) They lacked money for the hospital bill.
(b) The girls’ hair and fingernails were dirty.
(c) The dogs had not been fed in days.
(d) The cattle had not been sold.

12. What did the narrator contract from drinking river water in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Giardiasis.
(d) Botulism.

13. 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?
(a) 18 million.
(b) 12.5 million.
(c) 7.5 million.
(d) 5 million.

14. Where is Malawi in relation to Zimbabwe?
(a) Malawi is west of Zimbabwe.
(b) Malawi is north of Zimbabwe.
(c) Malawi is east of Zimbabwe.
(d) Malawi is south of Zimbabwe.

15. Soon after the 1980 elections, Bobo was one of only how many white students at her boarding school in Chapter 22: "Independence"?
(a) 19.
(b) 200.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many days did Bobo and her sister learn that their parents had gone on a vacation without them in Chapter 29: "Richard"?

2. What dictator was Dad’s new employer in Chapter 32: "Malawi"?

3. What was the name of the hospital where the narrator’s mother gave birth in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

4. What was the name of the Fullers’ cook in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?

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

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