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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Bobo when she was sent to boarding school?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 8.
2. According to the narrator in Chapter 36: "Mkushi,” the current leader of Zambia was the son of whom?
(a) A fisherman.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A missionary.
3. What did the narrator’s sister convince her to eat to help her when the narrator was ill in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?
(a) An orange.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Mulberries.
(d) An apple.
4. 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) Fix a nursery for the baby.
(c) Free the rabbits.
(d) Buy her a new puppy.
5. What was Charlie Chilvers doing when the Fuller family encountered her in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Reading.
(b) Hitchhiking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Sewing.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Mum believe the ranch managers were attempting to do in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?
2. What was Bobo called after she began attending boarding school?
3. What did Mum call for Dad to bring her when she was wading in the water in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
4. After Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School,” Bobo received packets from the correspondence school located where?
5. What was the name of the hospital where the narrator’s mother gave birth in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who became Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in Chapter 22: "Independence"? What happened at Bobo’s school after this election?
2. What position did Bobo’s father accept in Chapter 24: "Devuli"? How is the setting of this chapter described?
3. How did life for the Fuller family change after power was returned to the British in Chapter 22: "Independence"?
4. How does the narrator describe the new black and mixed race students at her school in Chapter 22: "Independence"?
5. What happened when Bobo’s father went to retrieve their mother from the hospital in Chapter 29: "Richard"?
6. What caused Bobo to become ill in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"? Who helped her overcome her illness?
7. What wild animal did Mum rescue in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"? How did she feed it?
8. How does the narrator describe the recent events in Mum’s life in Chapter 40: "Now"?
9. How did the Fuller family meet Charlie in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"? What relationship did she form with the family?
10. How was Devuli Ranch described in Chapter 27: "Ranch Work"? Why did Dad herd the cattle gently there?
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