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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 19: "Violet" refers to security pledged for the payment of a loan?
(a) Dividends.
(b) Interest.
(c) Collateral.
(d) Shares.

2. In what month did the missionaries come to visit the Fuller home in Chapter 14: "Missionaries 1975"?
(a) January.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) May.

3. What did Bobo and her sister discover on the farm in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) A pile of bones.
(b) Abandoned rebel camps.
(c) Two diamonds.
(d) An ammunition cache.

4. 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) Mgodi.
(b) Cape Maclear.
(c) Cape Horn.
(d) The South Luangwa National Park.

5. 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) They might sick the dogs on her.
(b) They might accidentally shoot her.
(c) She would be yelled at.
(d) She would be beaten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987" means to designate a school, park, etc. for use by all races or groups?

2. To what town did the Fullers move in Rhodesia before settling in Karoi?

3. Where was Bobo conceived?

4. 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?

5. What did the narrator’s father refer to the workers on the farm by in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Fuller family’s return to Africa described in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?

2. How does the narrator contrast Mum’s feelings about black Africans with her relationships with animals in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?

3. How did the narrator’s mother profit from the wild cattle in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?

4. How did Fuller family life change after Bobo’s parents joined the police reserves in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

5. What local superstition does the narrator describe in Chapter 8: "Karoi"?

6. What did Bobo do when she experienced a stinging pain in her genital area in Chapter 8: "Karoi"? What was the cause?

7. Why did Bobo decline the drink offered to her by her mother in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

8. What did the Fuller family discover missing upon their return home in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

9. What African tradition does the narrator describe in the opening of Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies"?

10. How does the narrator describe the school systems in Zambia before she turned eleven in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

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