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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many dogs accompanied the narrator, her mother, and her sister in traveling to Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

2. Who was defeating the Portuguese colonial government in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
(a) The Czech rebels.
(b) The Anandi rebels.
(c) The Mutare rebels.
(d) The Frelimo rebels.

3. The narrator’s father herded the wild cattle gently because stressed cows do what?
(a) Stampede.
(b) Bite people.
(c) Lose their calves.
(d) Give sour milk.

4. What name did Bobo and her sister choose for the baby born in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Hastings Kamuzu Fuller.
(b) Richard Steven Fuller.
(c) Abel Tendekay Fuller.
(d) Robert Gabriel Fuller.

5. What did the narrator’s sister convince her to eat to help her when the narrator was ill in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?
(a) An apple.
(b) Mulberries.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) An orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Bobo in the beginning of Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

2. Where was Charlie Chilvers from?

3. What word from Chapter 22: "Independence" refers to a cessation of hostilities?

4. Which students attended the A schools?

5. Vanessa told her mother that she and Bobo would do what when they visited her in the hospital in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

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