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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. Who came to take away the robbers in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) The slave-owners.
(b) The Catholic priests.
(c) The police.
(d) The army.

2. What vet did the narrator’s mother take the injured dogs to in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?
(a) Uncle Roger.
(b) Uncle Bob.
(c) Uncle John.
(d) Uncle Pete.

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) 100.
(b) 65.
(c) 240.
(d) 420.

4. Where did the narrator’s mother hold her up so that she could smell the spicy, woody scent of Africa in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Mgodi.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) Cape Maclear.
(d) The South Luangwa National Park.

5. Mum and Dad told Bobo in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975" that she must not wake her parents by creeping into their room at night for what reason?
(a) They might sick the dogs on her.
(b) She would be beaten.
(c) She would be yelled at.
(d) They might accidentally shoot her.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what town did the Fullers move in Rhodesia before settling in Karoi?

2. What kind of infesting flies does the narrator describe in Chapter 9: "Burma Valley"?

3. What did Bobo pray for with the missionaries in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

4. In what nearby river were black witches traditionally drowned in Karoi?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the Fuller family’s return to Africa described in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

5. How did the narrator’s mother profit from the wild cattle in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?

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

7. What did Mum do with the rabbits in Chapter 7: "England 1969"? When did the family decide to return to Africa?

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

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

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

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