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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 when Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School"?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

2. What did Bobo and her sister discover on the farm in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) A pile of bones.
(b) An ammunition cache.
(c) Abandoned rebel camps.
(d) Two diamonds.

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) 1953.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1970.

4. What did the narrator’s father sell to local farmers in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Agricultural chemicals.
(b) Branding irons.
(c) Organic fertilizers.
(d) Horse shoes.

5. In Mum's view, an African country controlled by whites was considered what?
(a) A region of progress.
(b) A diamond in the rough.
(c) An example for the continent.
(d) An oasis of sanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language did the new black students speak to one another in Chapter 22: "Independence"?

2. Where did the narrator’s family go the day after the sale in Chapter 20: "Selling”?

3. Vanessa was older than Bobo by how many years?

4. What was Bobo called after she began attending boarding school?

5. 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"?

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