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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. 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?
(a) To boarding school.
(b) To her grandparent’s house.
(c) To her aunt’s house.
(d) The specialized doctor.

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies,” in African tradition, an infant who dies must be buried among what?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Tree roots.
(d) Fruit.

3. What was the name of the Fullers’ black cook in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) July.
(b) Smith.
(c) Roly.
(d) Abel.

4. Bobo was sent to boarding school with her older sister in January of what year?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1974.

5. The narrator’s mother told the black villagers that they could have their cattle back but that they would have to pay her a high fee for what in "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) To let the cattle graze on her land.
(b) Veterinary care.
(c) Every calf that is born.
(d) Selling the cattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Bobo to experience burning pain in her private areas?

2. What color eyes does Bobo have?

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

4. Where in England did the Fullers buy a farm?

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 Mum offer the border guard as a bribe in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

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

3. Why was Bobo warned about creeping through the house at night in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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