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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mum often took Bobo with her to the police station which was located in what part of town in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?
(a) The first class.
(b) The second class.
(c) The third class.
(d) The fourth class.

3. From what denomination were the visiting missionaries in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) The Roman Catholic Church.
(b) The Mormon Church.
(c) The Anglican Church.
(d) Jehovah’s Witnesses.

4. Bobo was sent to boarding school with her older sister in January of what year?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1980.

5. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many black Kenyans were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 49,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 77,000.

6. What kind of vehicle does the narrator describe having ridden on top of singing patriotic songs with her sister in Chapter 16: "Afterward"?
(a) A Jeep.
(b) A Land Rover.
(c) A Bentley.
(d) A Porsche.

7. How many rescued dogs does the narrator describe her mother having surrounded herself with in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

8. 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"?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

9. After going to the sale barn, the narrator’s family stayed with a friend who had what in Chapter 20: "Selling”?
(a) A television.
(b) A horse.
(c) A radio.
(d) An elephant.

10. What did the narrator’s father allow the farm workers to do to the robbers in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Beat them.
(b) Yell at them.
(c) Shoot them.
(d) Drown them.

11. What refers to the preserves in Rhodesia where the black Africans lived prior to the revolution, similar to Indian reservations in the U.S.?
(a) Indigenous Regions.
(b) Aboriginal Life Zones.
(c) Native Life Ecosystems.
(d) Tribal Trust Lands.

12. At school, a policeman gave a presentation warning the children that bombs may be hidden in what in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
(a) Soccer balls.
(b) Backpacks.
(c) Cookie tins.
(d) Briefcases.

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

14. In what year did Rhodesian President Ian Douglas Smith make it clear that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1972.

15. What is the name of the farm that the Fullers bought in Chapter 9: "Burma Valley"?
(a) Chirundu.
(b) Mgodi.
(c) Lusaka.
(d) Robandi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Rhodesia currently?

2. What was the most valuable of the items stolen in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

3. How did the narrator’s family try to appear in the hopes that buyers would offer a higher price in Chapter 20: "Selling”?

4. In Chapter 20: "Selling,” the narrator’s father woke up the family in the middle of the night to dress in their best clothes and go to sell what in town?

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

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