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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was Mum’s police reserves uniform in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blue.

2. Bobo declined her mother’s offer of a drink in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" because she had to pack for a nine-hour drive to where?
(a) To her grandparent’s house.
(b) The specialized doctor.
(c) To her aunt’s house.
(d) To boarding school.

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

4. In what year did the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army attack in the war of liberation known by whites as “The Troubles,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1953.

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

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

7. In what month did the missionaries come to visit the Fuller home in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) May.
(d) January.

8. What color eyes does Bobo have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Green.

9. 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 Porsche.
(b) A Bentley.
(c) A Jeep.
(d) A Land Rover.

10. The missionaries exited hastily after what happened in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) The cat bit one of them.
(b) One of them cut themselves.
(c) They said they felt an evil presence.
(d) A dog peed on one of their legs.

11. What is the name of Bobo’s brother who died of meningitis before she was born?
(a) Adrian Fuller.
(b) Tim Fuller.
(c) Robert Fuller.
(d) Richard Fuller.

12. How did the narrator’s mother attempt to scare off the wild cattle in "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) By screaming at them.
(b) By shooting them with Bobo’s air gun.
(c) By banging pans together.
(d) By throwing rocks.

13. How did the narrator’s parents respond when Vanessa told them that a family friend tried to molest her and her sister in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"?
(a) They called the police.
(b) They shot the family friend.
(c) They put Vanessa up for adoption.
(d) They refused to believe her.

14. How old was Bobo when the school systems changed from A, B, and C schools?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

15. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s father?
(a) Richard Fuller.
(b) Tim Fuller.
(c) Adrian Fuller.
(d) Steven Fuller.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975,” Mum was accompanied by at least how many dogs when answering the door?

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

3. What did the narrator’s father allow the farm workers to do to the robbers in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

4. How did Olivia Jane Fuller die?

5. Bobo’s nickname was short for what?

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