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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator’s mother had their cook serve the missionaries what kind of sandwiches in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) Egg salad.
(b) Peanut butter.
(c) Cucumber.
(d) Ham and cheese.

2. How old was Bobo when she was sent to boarding school?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

3. In what year did the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army attack in the war of liberation known by whites as “The Troubles,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1948.

4. To what town did the Fullers move in Rhodesia before settling in Karoi?
(a) Mgodi.
(b) Chirundu.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Dete.

5. Bobo declined her mother’s offer of a drink in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" because she had to pack for a nine-hour drive to where?
(a) To boarding school.
(b) To her grandparent’s house.
(c) The specialized doctor.
(d) To her aunt’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word in the book refers to a compact 9mm submachine gun?

2. Between what years does the narrator describe thousands of white European immigrants having stolen large tracts of land from the black Africans in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?

3. At school, a policeman gave a presentation warning the children that bombs may be hidden in what in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?

4. How old was Bobo when the school systems changed from A, B, and C schools?

5. In what country was Alexandra Fuller born?

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