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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who injured Violet in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Roly Swift.
(b) July.
(c) Charlie Chilvers.
(d) Uncle Bob.

2. 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) Veterinary care.
(b) Selling the cattle.
(c) To let the cattle graze on her land.
(d) Every calf that is born.

3. After Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School,” Bobo received packets from the correspondence school located where?
(a) Mozambique.
(b) Cape Maclear.
(c) Salisbury.
(d) Cape Town.

4. What phrase does the narrator use to describe her mother growing increasingly drunk in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?
(a) “Riding a three-legged donkey.”
(b) “Falling about.”
(c) “Penguin walking.”
(d) “Throwing a wobbly.”

5. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Lusaka.
(b) Mozambique.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Salisbury.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The holding areas for the prisoners at the police station are compared with what in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

3. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s mother?

4. How many young white tourists hitchhiking did the Fuller family pick up in Chapter 17: "Vacation"?

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

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