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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. Where was Bobo conceived?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Victoria Falls.
(c) The Pyramids.
(d) Mount Kilimanjaro.
2. In Chapter 20: "Selling,” the narrator’s father woke up the family in the middle of the night to dress in their best clothes and go to sell what in town?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Fish.
(d) Tobacco.
3. The narrator states in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974" that the black Africans had been fighting a revolution against whites for how many years?
(a) 2.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.
4. 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) She would be yelled at.
(c) She would be beaten.
(d) They might accidentally shoot her.
5. What animal did the narrator’s mother shoot in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A baboon.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A cobra.
Short Answer Questions
1. What two dogs were injured in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?
2. Mum often took Bobo with her to the police station which was located in what part of town in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?
3. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s mother?
4. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s father?
5. Who was defeating the Portuguese colonial government in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the lives of the Fullers after Olivia’s death in Chapter 16: "Afterward"?
2. What African tradition does the narrator describe in the opening of Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies"?
3. What did Mum offer the border guard as a bribe in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?
4. How is the Fuller family’s return to Africa described in Chapter 7: "England 1969"?
5. How does the narrator contrast Mum’s feelings about black Africans with her relationships with animals in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?
6. How is Bobo’s appearance contrasted with those of her siblings in Chapter 6: "Coming-Back Babies"?
7. Why was Bobo warned about creeping through the house at night in Chapter 1: "Rhodesia, 1975"?
8. How is the setting of the family farm described in Chapter 9: "Burma Valley"?
9. How is Bobo’s sister described in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"? What event is related in this chapter?
10. Why did the crops on the Tribal Trust Lands suffer in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"?
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