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

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) 1965.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1972.

2. The missionaries exited hastily after what happened in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) The cat bit one of them.
(b) A dog peed on one of their legs.
(c) One of them cut themselves.
(d) They said they felt an evil presence.

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

4. On the trip taken by the Fullers in Chapter 17: "Vacation,” the narrator and her sister sang while their mother did what?
(a) Cleaned.
(b) Cooked.
(c) Got drunk.
(d) Slept.

5. The Fullers’ farm in Rhodesia bordered what country?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Mozambique.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Angola.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did the narrator’s mother shoot in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?

2. In Chapter 17: "Vacation,” Bobo exclaimed over the fact that the black Africans did not use modern farming methods of what?

3. What color was Mum’s police reserves uniform in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

4. How many young white tourists hitchhiking did the Fuller family pick up in Chapter 17: "Vacation"?

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

(see the answer key)

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