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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 36: "Mkushi,” Zambia had been independent since October of what year?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1955.

2. In Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi,” the narrator states that white settlers had been tricking black Africans out of land since what year?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1888.

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 36: "Mkushi,” Zambia was currently ruled by whom?
(a) Robert Gabriel Mugabe.
(b) Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
(c) President Kenneth Kaunda.
(d) President Ian Douglas Smith.

4. What did the Fuller family eat at every meal after the narrator’s father accepted a job appointment in Chapter 24: "Devuli"?
(a) Impala.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Crocodile.
(d) Lion.

5. What was Richard studying in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Business.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Law.

6. In Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi,” the narrator states that at the beginning of the war, how many acres of the 96 million in Rhodesia were set aside for whites only?
(a) 65 million.
(b) 48 million.
(c) 82 million.
(d) 25 million.

7. What name did Bobo and her sister choose for the baby born in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Robert Gabriel Fuller.
(b) Abel Tendekay Fuller.
(c) Hastings Kamuzu Fuller.
(d) Richard Steven Fuller.

8. Who did Mum tell not to smoke marijuana in the house in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Percy.
(c) Adamson.
(d) July.

9. What did Bobo throw in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?
(a) A plate.
(b) An ancient pot.
(c) A chair.
(d) A painting.

10. After Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School,” Bobo received packets from the correspondence school located where?
(a) Mozambique.
(b) Cape Maclear.
(c) Salisbury.
(d) Cape Town.

11. Where was Charlie Chilvers from?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Australia.
(c) Canada.
(d) India.

12. What kind of company did Charlie run when Bobo met him in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?
(a) A photography company.
(b) A safari company.
(c) A fishing guide service.
(d) A construction firm.

13. What did the narrator and her sister transform into a nursery in Chapter 29: "Richard"?
(a) A kitchen.
(b) An attic.
(c) A storeroom.
(d) A bathroom.

14. What was Mum diagnosed with in Chapter 40: "Now"?
(a) Lymphoma.
(b) Manic depression.
(c) Hemophilia.
(d) Pancreatic cancer.

15. What was the name of the hospital where the narrator’s mother gave birth in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Angwa General Hospital.
(b) Robandi General Hospital.
(c) Luangwa General Hospital.
(d) Mutare General Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bobo called after she began attending boarding school?

2. What was the name of the baby Vanessa gave birth to in Chapter 40: "Now"?

3. How old were the narrator and her sister in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

4. The narrator’s father herded the wild cattle gently because stressed cows do what?

5. What word from the memoir refers to African antelopes with lyre-shaped horns?

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