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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. Vanessa told her mother that she and Bobo would do what when they visited her in the hospital in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Buy her a new puppy.
(b) Fix a nursery for the baby.
(c) Feed the dogs.
(d) Free the rabbits.

2. How many acres in Rhodesia were set aside as Tribal Trust Funds at the beginning of the war, according to the narrator in Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi”?
(a) 21.5 million.
(b) 12 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 37.5 million.

3. After how many days did Bobo and her sister learn that their parents had gone on a vacation without them in Chapter 29: "Richard"?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

4. What percentage of Malawi is covered by a large lake?
(a) 15%.
(b) 20%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 40%.

5. What was the name of the kitten that the Fullers adopted in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"?
(a) July.
(b) Adamson.
(c) Percy.
(d) Thompson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bobo vow to herself as the family drove home in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?

2. At dinner the day after the Prime Minister elections in 1980, how many of the 200 boarders were left at Bobo’s school?

3. When did Bishop Abel Tendekay Muzorewa of the African National Council form an interim government of the country now called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia?

4. What word from Chapter 31: "Moving On" refers to any of several (usually white) herons that grow long, graceful plumes?

5. Where did Mum and Dad have a fish farm in Chapter 40: "Now"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Bobo’s father went to retrieve their mother from the hospital in Chapter 29: "Richard"?

2. How does the narrator describe the political atmosphere of Zambia in Chapter 36: "Mkushi"?

3. How was the Fuller family’s new home described in Chapter 33: "Touching the Ground"?

4. What political changes took place after the revolution in Chapter 22: "Independence"? What interim government was formed?

5. How is Mum’s behavior described in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?

6. How was the Fuller family home described in Chapter 37: "Balm in the Wounds"?

7. How does the narrator compare the Fuller family prior to and after the death of Richard in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?

8. What job position did Bobo’s father accept in Chapter 32: "Malawi"? Who was his employer?

9. How did Mum’s behavior change after she returned from the hospital in Chapter 29: "Richard"?

10. When did Bobo begin attending boarding school in Chapter 21: "School"? How was the school described?

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