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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many young white tourists hitchhiking did the Fuller family pick up in Chapter 17: "Vacation"?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 14.
(d) 2.

2. How was life in the Fuller home described in the beginning of Chapter 16: "Afterward"?
(a) Saturated in fun.
(b) Wallowing in a dungeon.
(c) As exciting as a church sermon.
(d) Sliced in half.

3. What word from the memoir refers to African antelopes with lyre-shaped horns?
(a) Dikdik.
(b) Steenbok.
(c) Wildebeest.
(d) Impalas.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 32: "Malawi,” the rivers and lakes of Malawi were stocked with trout from where?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Chile.
(d) Canada.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days at a time did the narrator’s father go on patrol to track down terrorists and fighting rebels in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

2. Mum and Dad told Bobo in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975" that she must not wake her parents by creeping into their room at night for what reason?

3. Mum often took Bobo with her to the police station which was located in what part of town in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

4. What kind of vehicle does the narrator describe having ridden on top of singing patriotic songs with her sister in Chapter 16: "Afterward"?

5. What word from Chapter 19: "Violet" refers to security pledged for the payment of a loan?

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