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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between what years does the narrator describe thousands of white European immigrants having stolen large tracts of land from the black Africans in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?
(a) 1864-1881.
(b) 1889-1893.
(c) 1895-1904.
(d) 1880-1912.

2. What was the most valuable of the items stolen in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) Mum’s rings.
(b) A painting
(c) The car.
(d) A statue.

3. What kind of infesting flies does the narrator describe in Chapter 9: "Burma Valley"?
(a) Alkali flies.
(b) Horse flies.
(c) Fruit flies.
(d) Putzi flies.

4. Vanessa was older than Bobo by how many years?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. Who was defeating the Portuguese colonial government in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
(a) The Frelimo rebels.
(b) The Mutare rebels.
(c) The Czech rebels.
(d) The Anandi rebels.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the trip taken by the Fullers in Chapter 17: "Vacation,” the narrator and her sister sang while their mother did what?

2. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

3. The holding areas for the prisoners at the police station are compared with what in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

4. In what year was Alexandra Fuller born?

5. Mum often took Bobo with her to the police station which was located in what part of town in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bobo pray for in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"? Did her prayer come true?

2. Where in England did the Fuller family settle in Chapter 7: "England 1969"? What did they do there?

3. How does the narrator describe the lives of the Fullers after Olivia’s death in Chapter 16: "Afterward"?

4. How does the narrator contrast Mum’s feelings about black Africans with her relationships with animals in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

5. How many black Kenyans and white settlers were killed in the war for independence, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"? How did Bobo’s mother feel about this power struggle?

6. How is Olivia’s death described in Chapter 15: "Olivia January 1978"?

7. How did Fuller family life change after Bobo’s parents joined the police reserves in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

8. What did Bobo do when she experienced a stinging pain in her genital area in Chapter 8: "Karoi"? What was the cause?

9. How was Violet victimized in Chapter 19: "Violet"? Who was discovered to be the perpetrator?

10. How does the narrator describe the visiting missionaries in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"? How did Mum greet them?

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