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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most valuable of the items stolen in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) A statue.
(b) Mum’s rings.
(c) A painting
(d) The car.

2. 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) Tribal Trust Lands.
(b) Aboriginal Life Zones.
(c) Native Life Ecosystems.
(d) Indigenous Regions.

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

4. What two dogs were injured in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?
(a) Marvin and Simpson.
(b) Buddy and Bear.
(c) Jacko and Shea.
(d) Rocky and Sparky.

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

6. What did Bobo and her sister discover on the farm in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) A pile of bones.
(b) An ammunition cache.
(c) Abandoned rebel camps.
(d) Two diamonds.

7. According to the narrator in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies,” in African tradition, an infant who dies must be buried among what?
(a) Tree roots.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Fruit.

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

9. What did the narrator’s mother do when it was time to kill the rabbits on the farm for food in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) She set them free.
(b) She killed them all.
(c) She fed them to the dogs.
(d) She let the cat into the cage.

10. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s older sister in the narrative?
(a) Nicola Fuller.
(b) Vanessa Fuller.
(c) Olivia Fuller.
(d) Jayne Fuller.

11. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Mozambique.
(b) Lusaka.
(c) Salisbury.
(d) Cape Town.

12. What word from Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" means to designate a school, park, etc. for use by all races or groups?
(a) Migrate.
(b) Propagate.
(c) Integrate.
(d) Associate.

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

14. What word from Chapter 19: "Violet" refers to security pledged for the payment of a loan?
(a) Interest.
(b) Collateral.
(c) Dividends.
(d) Shares.

15. 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 refused to believe her.
(b) They shot the family friend.
(c) They called the police.
(d) They put Vanessa up for adoption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was defeating the Portuguese colonial government in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?

2. How did Olivia Jane Fuller die?

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

4. What did the narrator’s mother see that caused her to put down her gun when the missionaries visited in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

5. On what date was Olivia Jane Fuller born?

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