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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vanessa was older than Bobo by how many years?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

2. When did the medics arrive in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Just before dusk.
(b) At dusk.
(c) Just before dawn.
(d) Just after dawn.

3. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Mozambique.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Cape Town.

4. What color hair is Vanessa described as having in the narrative?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

5. The narrator’s mother told the black villagers that they could have their cattle back but that they would have to pay her a high fee for what in "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) Every calf that is born.
(b) Veterinary care.
(c) Selling the cattle.
(d) To let the cattle graze on her land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator’s father sell to local farmers in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

2. Soon after the 1980 elections, Bobo was one of only how many white students at her boarding school in Chapter 22: "Independence"?

3. What students attended the B schools?

4. For how long did the narrator and her sister go on a trip with their father in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?

5. In Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi,” the narrator states that at the beginning of the war, how many acres of the 96 million in Rhodesia were black Africans allowed to own?

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