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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 was currently ruled by whom?
(a) Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
(b) President Kenneth Kaunda.
(c) President Ian Douglas Smith.
(d) Robert Gabriel Mugabe.

2. Everyone spent the evening dancing until what occurred in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?
(a) The rains came.
(b) The police arrived.
(c) The generator died.
(d) The house lit on fire.

3. 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) 12.5 million.
(b) 7.5 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 18 million.

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

5. What percentage of Malawi is covered by a large lake?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 40%.

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

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

8. In what language did the new black students speak to one another in Chapter 22: "Independence"?
(a) Berber.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Shona.

9. 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) 25 million.
(c) 82 million.
(d) 48 million.

10. The narrator’s father herded the wild cattle gently because stressed cows do what?
(a) Lose their calves.
(b) Give sour milk.
(c) Stampede.
(d) Bite people.

11. Where did the narrator’s family begin spending weekends in Chapter 34: "The Goat Shed"?
(a) Victoria Falls.
(b) Cape Maclear.
(c) Chirundu.
(d) Cape Town.

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

13. Who did the narrator and her sister stay with while their father went to fetch their mother in Chapter 29: "Richard"?
(a) Robert Mugabe.
(b) Charlie Chilvers.
(c) Oliver Chiweshe.
(d) Roly Swift.

14. 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) Feed the dogs.
(c) Fix a nursery for the baby.
(d) Free the rabbits.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the tobacco farm Dad was hired to manage in Chapter 32: "Malawi"?

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

3. Serioes Farm was three to six hours from what impoverished town, according to the narrator in Chapter 36: "Mkushi”?

4. Where did Mum and Dad have a fish farm in Chapter 40: "Now"?

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

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