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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what nearby river were black witches traditionally drowned in Karoi?
(a) The Luangwa River.
(b) The Angwa River.
(c) The Mutare River.
(d) The Victoria River.

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

3. At dinner the day after the Prime Minister elections in 1980, how many of the 200 boarders were left at Bobo’s school?
(a) 20.
(b) 35.
(c) 48.
(d) 10.

4. What dictator was Dad’s new employer in Chapter 32: "Malawi"?
(a) President Kenneth Kaunda.
(b) President Ian Douglas Smith.
(c) Robert Gabriel Mugabe.
(d) Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda.

5. Everyone spent the evening dancing until what occurred in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) The police arrived.
(b) The rains came.
(c) The generator died.
(d) The house lit on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair did Bobo have as a child?

2. What color hair is Vanessa described as having in the narrative?

3. 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?

4. With what family friend did the narrator’s parents leave her and her sister in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"?

5. What was the name of the Fullers’ black maid in Rhodesia in Chapter 8: "Karoi"?

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