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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bobo was sent to boarding school with her older sister in January of what year?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1986.

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

3. Where did the narrator’s mother hold her up so that she could smell the spicy, woody scent of Africa in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Cape Maclear.
(b) The South Luangwa National Park.
(c) Cape Horn.
(d) Mgodi.

4. Mum and Dad told Bobo in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975" that she must not wake her parents by creeping into their room at night for what reason?
(a) She would be yelled at.
(b) They might sick the dogs on her.
(c) She would be beaten.
(d) They might accidentally shoot her.

5. 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"?
(a) 1880-1912.
(b) 1895-1904.
(c) 1889-1893.
(d) 1864-1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. In what year did Rhodesian President Ian Douglas Smith make it clear that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia?

3. What two dogs were injured in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?

4. From what denomination were the visiting missionaries in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

5. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

(see the answer key)

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