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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator’s mother offer to the medics before they left in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Lemonade or milk.
(b) Whiskey or a beer.
(c) Orange juice or coffee.
(d) Tea or a cocktail.

2. 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) Mulberries.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) An orange.
(d) An apple.

3. In Chapter 17: "Vacation,” Bobo exclaimed over the fact that the black Africans did not use modern farming methods of what?
(a) Soil augmentation.
(b) Insect eradication.
(c) Rodent eradication.
(d) Soil conservation.

4. The narrator’s mother told the black villagers that they could have their cattle back but that they would have to pay her a high fee for what in "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) To let the cattle graze on her land.
(b) Selling the cattle.
(c) Every calf that is born.
(d) Veterinary care.

5. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s mother?
(a) Olivia Fuller.
(b) Jayne Fuller.
(c) Nicola Fuller.
(d) Vanessa Fuller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mum is described in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown" as being as scary as what?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies,” if the proper rituals are not performed when an African infant dies, what happens?

3. 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"?

4. How many dogs accompanied the narrator, her mother, and her sister in traveling to Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

5. What did the narrator’s father refer to the workers on the farm by in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

(see the answer key)

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