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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) Blonde.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

2. 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) 25,000.
(c) 49,000.
(d) 77,000.

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

4. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?
(a) 13.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

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

6. 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.

7. Where was Bobo conceived?
(a) Mount Kilimanjaro.
(b) The Pyramids.
(c) Madagascar.
(d) Victoria Falls.

8. According to the narrator in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975,” Mum was accompanied by at least how many dogs when answering the door?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

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

10. Where in England did the Fullers buy a farm?
(a) Cardiff.
(b) Exeter.
(c) Derbyshire.
(d) Salisbury.

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

12. Mum and Dad told Bobo in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975" that she must not wake her parents by creeping into their room at night for what reason?
(a) She would be beaten.
(b) They might sick the dogs on her.
(c) She would be yelled at.
(d) They might accidentally shoot her.

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

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

15. What did the narrator’s mother see that caused her to put down her gun when the missionaries visited in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) Their crosses.
(b) Their coats.
(c) Their Bibles.
(d) Their hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s mother?

2. What animal did the narrator’s mother shoot in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?

3. What did Bobo and her sister discover on the farm in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?

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

5. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many white settlers were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?

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