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

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

3. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?
(a) 5.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

4. What color hair did Bobo have as a child?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

5. What did the narrator’s father sell to local farmers in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Branding irons.
(b) Organic fertilizers.
(c) Horse shoes.
(d) Agricultural chemicals.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many days did Bobo and her sister learn that their parents had gone on a vacation without them in Chapter 29: "Richard"?

2. How did Olivia Jane Fuller die?

3. Where is Malawi in relation to Zimbabwe?

4. In Mum's view, an African country controlled by whites was considered what?

5. What is the name of Bobo’s brother who died of meningitis before she was born?

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