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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies,” if the proper rituals are not performed when an African infant dies, what happens?
(a) The spirit will never be reborn.
(b) The spirit will haunt the village.
(c) The spirit keeps repeating the process of being reborn and dying young.
(d) The spirit will haunt its parents.

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

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

4. What did the narrator’s mother do when it was time to kill the rabbits on the farm for food in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) She killed them all.
(b) She set them free.
(c) She fed them to the dogs.
(d) She let the cat into the cage.

5. What color eyes does Bobo have?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Alexandra Fuller born?

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"?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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