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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Bobo in the beginning of Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

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

4. 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.

5. How many rescued dogs does the narrator describe her mother having surrounded herself with in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School,” Bobo received packets from the correspondence school located where?

2. What did the narrator’s father allow the farm workers to do to the robbers in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

3. What did Bobo’s mother offer the border guard as a bribe in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

4. What word from Chapter 19: "Violet" refers to security pledged for the payment of a loan?

5. At dinner the day after the Prime Minister elections in 1980, how many of the 200 boarders were left at Bobo’s school?

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