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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 year did Rhodesian President Ian Douglas Smith make it clear that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1953.

2. 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 aunt’s house.
(c) To her grandparent’s house.
(d) The specialized doctor.

3. What did the narrator’s father allow the farm workers to do to the robbers in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Yell at them.
(c) Drown them.
(d) Beat them.

4. What was Richard studying in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Business.

5. What was the name of the hospital where the narrator’s mother gave birth in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Mutare General Hospital.
(b) Robandi General Hospital.
(c) Luangwa General Hospital.
(d) Angwa General Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator’s father sell to local farmers in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

2. Soon after the 1980 elections, Bobo was one of only how many white students at her boarding school in Chapter 22: "Independence"?

3. After the schools in Zambia were desegregated in Chapter 2: “Getting There & Zambia 1987,” Bobo was teased about her skin color, which was compared to what?

4. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many black Kenyans were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?

5. How many rescued dogs does the narrator describe her mother having surrounded herself with in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

(see the answer key)

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