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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What students attended the B schools?
(a) White students.
(b) Black students.
(c) Mixed-race and Indian students.
(d) American students.

2. What was Charlie Chilvers doing when the Fuller family encountered her in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Hitchhiking.
(d) Singing.

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 haunt the village.
(b) The spirit will never be reborn.
(c) The spirit keeps repeating the process of being reborn and dying young.
(d) The spirit will haunt its parents.

4. What was the name of the Fullers’ cook in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?
(a) Jones.
(b) Smith.
(c) Rogers.
(d) Thompson.

5. In what nearby river were black witches traditionally drowned in Karoi?
(a) The Victoria River.
(b) The Mutare River.
(c) The Angwa River.
(d) The Luangwa River.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Bobo when Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School"?

2. When did the medics arrive in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

3. How did the narrator’s mother attempt to scare off the wild cattle in "Chimurenga, 1979"?

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

5. What was the name of the Fullers’ black maid in Rhodesia in Chapter 8: "Karoi"?

(see the answer key)

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