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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Tree bark.
(b) Roasting pork.
(c) A newborn elephant.
(d) Dusty charcoal.

2. What was the most valuable of the items stolen in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) A painting
(b) The car.
(c) Mum’s rings.
(d) A statue.

3. 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 its parents.
(c) The spirit keeps repeating the process of being reborn and dying young.
(d) The spirit will haunt the village.

4. On what date was Olivia Jane Fuller born?
(a) August 28, 1976.
(b) December 17, 1980.
(c) March 9, 1972.
(d) May 2, 1968.

5. What kind of vehicle does the narrator describe having ridden on top of singing patriotic songs with her sister in Chapter 16: "Afterward"?
(a) A Bentley.
(b) A Land Rover.
(c) A Jeep.
(d) A Porsche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator’s father refer to the workers on the farm by in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?

3. Where was Bobo conceived?

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

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

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