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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One in how many people had tuberculosis in the area of Zambia described in Chapter 36: "Mkushi"?
(a) 6.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

3. How old was Bobo when she was sent to boarding school?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

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

5. Where did the narrator’s mother hold her up so that she could smell the spicy, woody scent of Africa in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) The South Luangwa National Park.
(b) Cape Maclear.
(c) Cape Horn.
(d) Mgodi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mum is described in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown" as being as scary as what?

2. After going to the sale barn, the narrator’s family stayed with a friend who had what in Chapter 20: "Selling”?

3. Bobo asked Charlie for a job as what in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?

4. What age did Bobo turn in Chapter 38: "The Last Christmas"?

5. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

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