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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) 1880-1912.
(b) 1895-1904.
(c) 1864-1881.
(d) 1889-1893.

3. Kenya’s war for independence took place between what years, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?
(a) 1947-1963.
(b) 1952-1965.
(c) 1931-1944.
(d) 1939-1952.

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

5. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s mother?
(a) Olivia Fuller.
(b) Jayne Fuller.
(c) Nicola Fuller.
(d) Vanessa Fuller.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rescued dogs does the narrator describe her mother having surrounded herself with in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

2. Which students attended the A schools?

3. 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"?

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

5. In what month did the missionaries come to visit the Fuller home in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

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