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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What dictator was Dad’s new employer in Chapter 32: "Malawi"?
(a) Robert Gabriel Mugabe.
(b) President Kenneth Kaunda.
(c) Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
(d) President Ian Douglas Smith.

3. Vanessa told her mother that she and Bobo would do what when they visited her in the hospital in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Buy her a new puppy.
(b) Fix a nursery for the baby.
(c) Free the rabbits.
(d) Feed the dogs.

4. What word from the memoir refers to African antelopes with lyre-shaped horns?
(a) Dikdik.
(b) Wildebeest.
(c) Steenbok.
(d) Impalas.

5. What did the Fullers fish for and catch during their outing in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Halibut.
(c) Bass.
(d) Trout.

6. What word from Chapter 31: "Moving On" refers to any of several (usually white) herons that grow long, graceful plumes?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Pelicans.
(c) Orioles.
(d) Egrets.

7. 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 black Africans allowed to own?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 12.5 million.
(c) 7.5 million.
(d) 18 million.

8. Vanessa announced a plan for the family to take a picnic where in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) On the coast.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In the mountains.
(d) At the dam.

9. What did Mum call for Dad to bring her when she was wading in the water in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) A glass of water.
(b) A beer.
(c) A piece of cake.
(d) A sandwich.

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

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

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

13. What was the name of the kitten that the Fullers adopted in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"?
(a) Adamson.
(b) Thompson.
(c) Percy.
(d) July.

14. What did the narrator’s sister convince her to eat to help her when the narrator was ill in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) An apple.
(c) Mulberries.
(d) An orange.

15. For how long did the narrator and her sister go on a trip with their father in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 1 week.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time did the narrator and her sister awaken to go to town in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

2. What was Charlie Chilvers doing when the Fuller family encountered her in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

3. When did Bishop Abel Tendekay Muzorewa of the African National Council form an interim government of the country now called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia?

4. What kind of company did Charlie run when Bobo met him in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?

5. Where did the narrator’s family begin spending weekends in Chapter 34: "The Goat Shed"?

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