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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. At school, a policeman gave a presentation warning the children that bombs may be hidden in what in Chapter 10: "Chimunenga 1974"?
(a) Cookie tins.
(b) Backpacks.
(c) Soccer balls.
(d) Briefcases.

2. What is the name of Alexandra Fuller’s father?
(a) Richard Fuller.
(b) Steven Fuller.
(c) Tim Fuller.
(d) Adrian Fuller.

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

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

5. How did the narrator’s mother attempt to scare off the wild cattle in "Chimurenga, 1979"?
(a) By shooting them with Bobo’s air gun.
(b) By banging pans together.
(c) By throwing rocks.
(d) By screaming at them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two dogs were injured in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?

2. What did the narrator’s mother offer to the medics before they left in Chapter 19: "Violet"?

3. How did the narrator’s family try to appear in the hopes that buyers would offer a higher price in Chapter 20: "Selling”?

4. What was everyone treated to at the sale barn in Chapter 20: "Selling”?

5. What vet did the narrator’s mother take the injured dogs to in Chapter 12: "Dog Rescue"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the final days of the war for independence described by the narrator in Chapter 18: "Chimurenga, 1979"? What did Bobo and her sister discover on the farm?

2. Where was Bobo born? How is her heritage explained in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

3. What did Mum do with the rabbits in Chapter 7: "England 1969"? When did the family decide to return to Africa?

4. What were the narrator’s impressions of the police station described in Chapter 11: "War 1976"?

5. How does the narrator describe the lives of the Fullers after Olivia’s death in Chapter 16: "Afterward"?

6. What did Mum offer the border guard as a bribe in Chapter 2: "Getting There & Zambia 1987"?

7. How did Vanessa react when confronted with the actions of Roly Swift in Chapter 13: "Vanessa"? How did Bobo’s parents respond?

8. Where in England did the Fuller family settle in Chapter 7: "England 1969"? What did they do there?

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

10. How is Olivia’s death described in Chapter 15: "Olivia January 1978"?

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