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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,” the current leader of Zambia was the son of whom?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A missionary.

2. Where did the narrator go with Charlie on their honeymoon in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?
(a) The Angwa River.
(b) The South Luangwa National Park.
(c) Cape Maclear.
(d) Victoria Falls.

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

4. What was Bobo called after she began attending boarding school?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Natasya.
(c) Vanessa.
(d) Violet.

5. Soon after the 1980 elections, Bobo was one of only how many white students at her boarding school in Chapter 22: "Independence"?
(a) 19.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 200.

6. The narrator’s father told Charlie that there was a good Anglican Bishop where in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?
(a) The Copperbelt region.
(b) The Quartz Valley Region.
(c) The Silverstrike Region.
(d) The Gold Vein Region.

7. One in how many people had tuberculosis in the area of Zambia described in Chapter 36: "Mkushi"?
(a) 40.
(b) 6.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

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

9. The desk where Bobo did her correspondence lessons was next to what in Chapter 21: "School"?
(a) Her brother’s desk.
(b) Her father’s desk.
(c) Her mother’s desk.
(d) Her sister’s desk.

10. Mum is described in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown" as being as scary as what?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A lion.
(c) A crocodile.
(d) A gremlin.

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

12. When did Bishop Abel Tendekay Muzorewa of the African National Council form an interim government of the country now called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia?
(a) March, 1978.
(b) April, 1980.
(c) June, 1975.
(d) October, 1972.

13. Where did Bobo’s parents go on a short vacation after Mum left the hospital in Chapter 29: "Richard"?
(a) Robandi.
(b) Chirundu.
(c) Inyanga.
(d) Lusaka.

14. Vanessa was expecting her what child in Chapter 40: "Now"?
(a) First.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Third.
(d) Second.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bobo throw in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?

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

3. What was Mum diagnosed with in Chapter 40: "Now"?

4. How many acres in Rhodesia were set aside as Tribal Trust Funds at the beginning of the war, according to the narrator in Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi”?

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

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