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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 36-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The desk where Bobo did her correspondence lessons was next to what in Chapter 21: "School"?
(a) Her father’s desk.
(b) Her brother’s desk.
(c) Her mother’s desk.
(d) Her sister’s desk.

3. What did Bobo pray for with the missionaries in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) The health of a sick relative.
(b) A boyfriend.
(c) Peace for her country.
(d) A baby brother or sister.

4. How many acres in Rhodesia were set aside as Tribal Trust Funds at the beginning of the war, according to the narrator in Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi”?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 21.5 million.
(c) 12 million.
(d) 37.5 million.

5. In what year was Alexandra Fuller born?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1937.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in England did the Fullers buy a farm?

2. Who did Mum tell not to smoke marijuana in the house in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"?

3. What word from Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" means to designate a school, park, etc. for use by all races or groups?

4. 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"?

5. How many rescued dogs does the narrator describe her mother having surrounded herself with in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

(see the answer key)

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