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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the most valuable of the items stolen in Chapter 19: "Violet"?
(a) The car.
(b) A statue.
(c) Mum’s rings.
(d) A painting

2. Vanessa was older than Bobo by how many years?
(a) 6.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. The holding areas for the prisoners at the police station are compared with what in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?
(a) Closets.
(b) Train cars.
(c) Dog runs.
(d) Sheds.

4. How did Olivia Jane Fuller die?
(a) She was in a plane crash.
(b) She drowned.
(c) She contracted hepatitis.
(d) She was hit by a car.

5. In what country was Alexandra Fuller born?
(a) Italy.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) Portugal.

6. During Kenya’s war for independence, how many black Kenyans were killed, according to the narrator in Chapter 3: "Chimurenga I: Zambia, 1999"?
(a) 77,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 13,000.
(d) 49,000.

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

8. Who was defeating the Portuguese colonial government in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
(a) The Mutare rebels.
(b) The Czech rebels.
(c) The Anandi rebels.
(d) The Frelimo rebels.

9. In Chapter 17: "Vacation,” Bobo exclaimed over the fact that the black Africans did not use modern farming methods of what?
(a) Soil augmentation.
(b) Insect eradication.
(c) Rodent eradication.
(d) Soil conservation.

10. What color was Mum’s police reserves uniform in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

11. What is the name of Bobo’s brother who died of meningitis before she was born?
(a) Adrian Fuller.
(b) Robert Fuller.
(c) Richard Fuller.
(d) Tim Fuller.

12. On what date was Olivia Jane Fuller born?
(a) December 17, 1980.
(b) March 9, 1972.
(c) August 28, 1976.
(d) May 2, 1968.

13. Where did the narrator’s mother hold her up so that she could smell the spicy, woody scent of Africa in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Cape Maclear.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) The South Luangwa National Park.
(d) Mgodi.

14. Where did the narrator, her mother, and her sister depart by train for Rhodesia in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Mozambique.
(c) Salisbury.
(d) Lusaka.

15. How many young white tourists hitchhiking did the Fuller family pick up in Chapter 17: "Vacation"?
(a) 14.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what family friend did the narrator’s parents leave her and her sister in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"?

3. 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?

4. What did the narrator’s mother see that caused her to put down her gun when the missionaries visited in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?

5. What caused Bobo to experience burning pain in her private areas?

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