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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Bobo’s mother offer the border guard as a bribe in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) A dog.
(c) Bobo.
(d) Cash.

2. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many black Kenyans were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?
(a) 49,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 77,000.
(d) 13,000.

3. Bobo’s nickname was short for what?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Baboon.
(c) Barbarian.
(d) Barbara.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

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) 1889-1893.
(c) 1895-1904.
(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. 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"?

3. What word from Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" means to designate a school, park, etc. for use by all races or groups?

4. What phrase does the narrator use to describe her mother growing increasingly drunk in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

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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