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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Vanessa do when Bobo asked about the baby in Chapter 29: "Richard"?
(a) She ran around the house screaming.
(b) She slapped Bobo.
(c) She squeezed her hand.
(d) She burst into tears.

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

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

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

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

7. One in how many people had AIDS in the area of Zambia described in Chapter 36: "Mkushi"?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 20.

8. What did Mum believe the ranch managers were attempting to do in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?
(a) Send her secret messages.
(b) Poison her.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Rape her.

9. What wild animal did Mum rescue in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"?
(a) A meerkat.
(b) An owl.
(c) A warthog.
(d) A bat.

10. 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) 1888.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1905.

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

12. Serioes Farm was three to six hours from what impoverished town, according to the narrator in Chapter 36: "Mkushi”?
(a) Robandi.
(b) Mgodi.
(c) Chirundu.
(d) Lusaka.

13. How does the narrator describe the desk she did her correspondence lessons at in Chapter 21: "School"?
(a) Tiny and blue.
(b) Large and red.
(c) Short and green.
(d) Wide and yellow.

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

15. What was the name of the baby Vanessa gave birth to in Chapter 40: "Now"?
(a) Jayne Isabelle Vanessa.
(b) Isabelle Vanessa Jayne.
(c) Natasya Isabelle Jayne.
(d) Nicola Vanessa Jayne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name did Bobo and her sister choose for the baby born in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

3. One in how many people had tuberculosis in the area of Zambia described in Chapter 36: "Mkushi"?

4. Where was Charlie Chilvers from?

5. Everyone spent the evening dancing until what occurred in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?

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