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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. The missionaries exited hastily after what happened in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) A dog peed on one of their legs.
(b) The cat bit one of them.
(c) One of them cut themselves.
(d) They said they felt an evil presence.

2. Over how many black Africans were moved to protected villages (compounds like prisoner of war camps), according to the narrator in "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 450,000.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 700,000.

3. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many white settlers were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?
(a) 420.
(b) 100.
(c) 65.
(d) 240.

4. In what year did Rhodesian President Ian Douglas Smith make it clear that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1953.

5. 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) 1895-1904.
(b) 1889-1893.
(c) 1880-1912.
(d) 1864-1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many young white tourists hitchhiking did the Fuller family pick up in Chapter 17: "Vacation"?

2. When did the medics depart in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

3. Where did the narrator’s family go the day after the sale in Chapter 20: "Selling”?

4. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many black Kenyans were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?

5. What was the name of the Fullers’ black maid in Rhodesia in Chapter 8: "Karoi"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Vanessa react when confronted with the actions of Roly Swift in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"? How did Bobo’s parents respond?

3. How does the narrator describe the Tribal Trust Lands in Chapter 17: "Vacation"?

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

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

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

7. What were the narrator’s impressions of the police station described in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

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

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

10. What African tradition does the narrator describe in the opening of Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies"?

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