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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bobo’s nickname was short for what?
(a) Baboon.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Barbarian.
(d) Beatrice.

2. In what year did Rhodesian President Ian Douglas Smith make it clear that there would never be majority rule in Rhodesia?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1978.

3. What phrase does the narrator use to describe her mother growing increasingly drunk in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?
(a) “Riding a three-legged donkey.”
(b) “Throwing a wobbly.”
(c) “Falling about.”
(d) “Penguin walking.”

4. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?
(a) 13.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What kind of infesting flies does the narrator describe in Chapter 9: "Burma Valley"?

3. What is the name of Bobo’s brother who died of meningitis before she was born?

4. In what country was Alexandra Fuller born?

5. Kenya’s war for independence took place between what years, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?

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