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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was everyone treated to at the sale barn in Chapter 20: "Selling”?
(a) A buffet breakfast.
(b) Cheese samples.
(c) A six-course dinner.
(d) Wine tastings.

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

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies,” if the proper rituals are not performed when an African infant dies, what happens?
(a) The spirit keeps repeating the process of being reborn and dying young.
(b) The spirit will never be reborn.
(c) The spirit will haunt the village.
(d) The spirit will haunt its parents.

4. What did the narrator’s father refer to the workers on the farm by in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) “Men.”
(b) “Jokers.”
(c) “Boys.”
(d) “Gentlemen.”

5. Which students attended the A schools?
(a) White students.
(b) American students.
(c) Black students.
(d) Mixed-race and Indian students.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who held the Fuller family at gunpoint for several hours in Chapter 23: "Losing Robandi”?

2. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?

3. On what date was Olivia Jane Fuller born?

4. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

5. The narrator’s mother had their cook serve the missionaries what kind of sandwiches in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

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