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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the narrator’s mother attempt to scare off the wild cattle in "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) By banging pans together.
(b) By throwing rocks.
(c) By shooting them with Bobo’s air gun.
(d) By screaming at them.

2. Mum is described in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown" as being as scary as what?
(a) A lion.
(b) A gremlin.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A crocodile.

3. What was the name of the Fullers’ cook in Chapter 30: "Nervous Breakdown"?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Rogers.
(d) Jones.

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

5. What did the narrator’s mother do when it was time to kill the rabbits on the farm for food in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) She fed them to the dogs.
(b) She set them free.
(c) She let the cat into the cage.
(d) She killed them all.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Fullers’ farm in Rhodesia bordered what country?

2. 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"?

3. On the trip taken by the Fullers in Chapter 17: "Vacation,” the narrator and her sister sang while their mother did what?

4. 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"?

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

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