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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. For how many days at a time did the narrator’s father go on patrol to track down terrorists and fighting rebels in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?
(a) 4.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 10.

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

3. What caused Bobo to experience burning pain in her private areas?
(a) A tick bite.
(b) A bee sting.
(c) A snake bite.
(d) A spider bite.

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

5. What color hair is Vanessa described as having in the narrative?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Bobo when the school systems changed from A, B, and C schools?

2. What is the name of the farm that the Fullers bought in Chapter 9: "Burma Valley"?

3. Bobo declined her mother’s offer of a drink in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" because she had to pack for a nine-hour drive to where?

4. After going to the sale barn, the narrator’s family stayed with a friend who had what in Chapter 20: "Selling”?

5. In Chapter 17: "Vacation,” Bobo exclaimed over the fact that the black Africans did not use modern farming methods of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Bobo’s sister described in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"? What event is related in this chapter?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How are the final days of the war for independence described by the narrator in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"? What did Bobo and her sister discover on the farm?

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