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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. One in how many people had AIDS in the area of Zambia described in Chapter 36: "Mkushi"?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. Bobo asked Charlie for a job as what in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?
(a) A secretary.
(b) A repairman.
(c) A janitor.
(d) A cook.

3. What high school did Bobo attend in Chapter 32: "Malawi"?
(a) Angwa High School.
(b) Mutare High School.
(c) Arundel High School.
(d) Victoria High School.

4. After Vanessa went away to boarding school in Chapter 21: "School,” Bobo received packets from the correspondence school located where?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Mozambique.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Cape Maclear.

5. What was Charlie Chilvers doing when the Fuller family encountered her in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?
(a) Hitchhiking.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator’s father told Charlie that there was a good Anglican Bishop where in Chapter 39: "Charlie"?

2. What was the name of the hospital where the narrator’s mother gave birth in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

3. What did the narrator’s sister convince her to eat to help her when the narrator was ill in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"?

4. What was Richard studying in Chapter 31: "Moving On"?

5. What was Mum diagnosed with in Chapter 40: "Now"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What position did Bobo’s father accept in Chapter 24: "Devuli"? How is the setting of this chapter described?

2. What “close call” happened with at a checkpoint in Chapter 36: "Mkushi"?

3. Why did Bobo’s mother chide her father in Chapter 28: "Charlie Chilvers"?

4. Where did Bobo and her sister go in Chapter 26: "Loo Paper and Coke"? What did they forget to bring?

5. How does the narrator describe the new black and mixed race students at her school in Chapter 22: "Independence"?

6. What action did Mum take in Chapter 31: "Moving On" that caused concern for the family? How did the action play out?

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

8. How did life for the Fuller family change after power was returned to the British in Chapter 22: "Independence"?

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

10. How was Devuli Ranch described in Chapter 27: "Ranch Work"? Why did Dad herd the cattle gently there?

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