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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the medics arrive in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Just before dusk.
(b) At dusk.
(c) Just before dawn.
(d) Just after dawn.

2. On what date was Olivia Jane Fuller born?
(a) December 17, 1980.
(b) August 28, 1976.
(c) May 2, 1968.
(d) March 9, 1972.

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 17: "Vacation,” Bobo exclaimed over the fact that the black Africans did not use modern farming methods of what?
(a) Soil augmentation.
(b) Rodent eradication.
(c) Soil conservation.
(d) Insect eradication.

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

8. To what town did the Fullers move in Rhodesia before settling in Karoi?
(a) Dete.
(b) Cape Town.
(c) Chirundu.
(d) Mgodi.

9. 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) Associate.
(c) Propagate.
(d) Integrate.

10. Bobo’s nickname was short for what?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Barbarian.
(d) Baboon.

11. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s mother?
(a) Jayne Fuller.
(b) Olivia Fuller.
(c) Vanessa Fuller.
(d) Nicola Fuller.

12. Between what years does the narrator describe thousands of white European immigrants having stolen large tracts of land from the black Africans in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?
(a) 1889-1893.
(b) 1895-1904.
(c) 1880-1912.
(d) 1864-1881.

13. How did the narrator’s family try to appear in the hopes that buyers would offer a higher price in Chapter 20: "Selling”?
(a) Sickly and homeless.
(b) Winsome and hungry.
(c) Pathetic and dirty.
(d) Optimistic and religious.

14. What was the name of the Fullers’ black cook in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) Smith.
(b) Roly.
(c) Abel.
(d) July.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?

2. Over how many black Africans were moved to protected villages (compounds like prisoner of war camps), according to the narrator in "Chimurenga, 1979"?

3. Which students attended the A schools?

4. The holding areas for the prisoners at the police station are compared with what in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

5. What did Vanessa demand at a neighbor’s house in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"?

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