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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. What students attended the C schools?
(a) Mixed-race and Indian students.
(b) American students.
(c) Black students.
(d) White students.

2. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many black Kenyans were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 49,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 77,000.

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

4. In what year was Alexandra Fuller born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1948.

5. The holding areas for the prisoners at the police station are compared with what in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?
(a) Dog runs.
(b) Closets.
(c) Train cars.
(d) Sheds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Rhodesian President Ian Douglas Smith make it clear that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia?

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

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies,” in African tradition, an infant who dies must be buried among what?

4. What word from Chapter 19: "Violet" refers to security pledged for the payment of a loan?

5. The missionaries exited hastily after what happened in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Bobo decline the drink offered to her by her mother in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

2. How does the narrator describe the school systems in Zambia before she turned eleven in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

3. Where was Bobo born? How is her heritage explained in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

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

5. Why did the crops on the Tribal Trust Lands suffer in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?

6. What local superstition does the narrator describe in Chapter 8: "Karoi"?

7. How is Bobo’s appearance contrasted with those of her siblings in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies"?

8. What did the Fuller family discover missing upon their return home in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

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

10. Where did the family travel in Chapter 17: "Vacation"? Who did they pick up on their journey?

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