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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mum and Dad told Bobo in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975" that she must not wake her parents by creeping into their room at night for what reason?
(a) She would be yelled at.
(b) They might accidentally shoot her.
(c) They might sick the dogs on her.
(d) She would be beaten.

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

3. After the schools in Zambia were desegregated in Chapter 2: “Getting There & Zambia 1987,” Bobo was teased about her skin color, which was compared to what?
(a) Dusty charcoal.
(b) A newborn elephant.
(c) Tree bark.
(d) Roasting pork.

4. Between what years does the narrator describe thousands of white European immigrants having stolen large tracts of land from the black Africans in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?
(a) 1889-1893.
(b) 1880-1912.
(c) 1895-1904.
(d) 1864-1881.

5. In what year did the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army attack in the war of liberation known by whites as “The Troubles,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: "Chimurenga: The Beginning"?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1953.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator’s father sell to local farmers in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

2. What students attended the B schools?

3. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many black Kenyans were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?

4. Bobo’s nickname was short for what?

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

(see the answer key)

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