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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the narrator’s family begin spending weekends in Chapter 34: "The Goat Shed"?
(a) Chirundu.
(b) Cape Maclear.
(c) Victoria Falls.
(d) Cape Town.

3. Vanessa told her mother that she and Bobo would do what when they visited her in the hospital in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Feed the dogs.
(b) Free the rabbits.
(c) Buy her a new puppy.
(d) Fix a nursery for the baby.

4. In Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi,” the narrator states that white settlers had been tricking black Africans out of land since what year?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1833.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1905.

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

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

7. After Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School,” Bobo received packets from the correspondence school located where?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Cape Maclear.
(c) Mozambique.
(d) Cape Town.

8. 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 set aside for whites only?
(a) 48 million.
(b) 25 million.
(c) 82 million.
(d) 65 million.

9. According to the narrator in Chapter 32: "Malawi,” the rivers and lakes of Malawi were stocked with trout from where?
(a) Canada.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Chile.

10. What wild animal did Mum rescue in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"?
(a) A meerkat.
(b) An owl.
(c) A bat.
(d) A warthog.

11. What name did Bobo and her sister choose for the baby born in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Robert Gabriel Fuller.
(b) Hastings Kamuzu Fuller.
(c) Abel Tendekay Fuller.
(d) Richard Steven Fuller.

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

13. What high school did Bobo attend in Chapter 32: "Malawi"?
(a) Angwa High School.
(b) Mutare High School.
(c) Victoria High School.
(d) Arundel High School.

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

15. Richard in Chapter 31: "Moving On" was from where?
(a) Namibia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Chad.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator go with Charlie on their honeymoon in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?

2. The narrator’s father told Charlie that there was a good Anglican Bishop where in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?

3. What word from the narrative refers to the British slang for bathroom?

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

5. What did Bobo throw in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?

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