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Child of Dandelions
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10/05/2010

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In the book Children of Dandelions on the first day, August 6, 1972, what were the men and women chanting as Sabine and her friend Zenabu walked along Alledina Visram Street?
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“Indian, go home.” Pg. 9
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In the book Children of Dandelions in what country does the story take place?
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Uganda Pg. 9
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In the book Children of Dandelions who had the dream about expelling all foreign Indians from Uganda?
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Idi Amin pg. 10
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In the book Children of Dandelions how many days would it take to “weed” the Indians out of Uganda.
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90 days pg.11
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In the book Children of Dandelions who called Zena and Sabine “twin beans of one coffee flower”?
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Bapa pg. 12
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In the book Children of Dandelions who was Sabine’s “best and fattest uncle”?
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Zulfiqar or Uncle Lollipop pg. 13
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In the book Children of Dandelions who was the “king of Sabine’s dreams”?
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Ssekore or Zena’s brother
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9) In the book Children of Dandelions what was it about the military man that pulled uncle out of the car gave away his identity?
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Scars (3) on his face pg. 19
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Who wrote Children of Dandelions?
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Shenaaz Nanji
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In the book Children of Dandelions what kind of tree held Sabine’s “Paradise Place”?
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Mango pg. 33
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In the book Children of Dandelions who woke Sabine up with the roster crow upon his return from his home village?
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Katana pg. 36
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In the book Children of Dandelions what kind of establishment did Lalita own?
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Teahouse pg. 42
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did Lalita want from Zully Passport?
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A work permit pg. 44
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In the book Children of Dandelions who was dragged from the school in “the disgraceful incident’?
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principal or Mr. Corky pg. 54
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In the book Children of Dandelions under what pretense were the 3 soldiers that came into the teahouse going to arrest Lalita?
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Tearing down a picture of Amin pg. 69
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In the book Children of Dandelions what was the name of the policy of putting Ugandans in the positions that had been held by Indians?
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Africanization pg. 73
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In the book Children of Dandelions where was Zully’s car found?
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The airport pg, 75
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did Zena tell Sabine she new about her father?
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That he was a “loan shark” pg. 83
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did Sabine find in the biscuit tin in the chest in her father’s office?
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Hundred-shilling notes or money pg. 86
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did Papa say the money in the biscuit tin was for?
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Bait (for bandits) pg. 87
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In the book Children of Dandelions what reason did Zena give for not being able to be Sabine’s friend?
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Dada Amin’s orders or we cannot associate with Indians
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In the book Children of Dandelions what country went to war with Uganda at the behest of Obote, the former president of Unganda?
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Tanzania pg. 108
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did the soldiers take that belonged to Sabine’s family?
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Car pg. 109
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In the book Children of Dandelions how did Sabine go about finding her uncle on her own?
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She hired detectives pg.117
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In the book Children of Dandelions who were the soldiers looking for when they raided Sabine’s house?
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Sadru or her father pg. 122
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In the book Children of Dandelions where did Papa go to get out of Uganda?
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Nairobi pg. 130
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In the book Children of Dandelions who took the money needed to bribe the boarder guards at Tororo?
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Guli or Mama pg. 133
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did Sabine and the detectives find stored in the warehouse?
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Bodies pg. 150
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In the book Children of Dandelions what was the “new rule” that all Indians who claimed to Ugandan had to follow?
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They must carry an identification card pg.155
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In the book Children of Dandelions to whom did Sabine have to talk in order to get identification cards for her family?
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Baobab or the officer who had raided her house pg.165
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did Sabine find on the glass table under the pomegranate bowl as she was leaving a note for Katana and Mzee?
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The brown tag from a body bag or her uncles brown body bag tag pg. 171
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In the book Children of Dandelions what is Halima’s relationship to Bapa?
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Wife pg. 163
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In the book Children of Dandelions how did Captain Asafa save Sabine’s father?
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He sent his men to their house to scare Sadru into leaving pg. 184
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In the book Children of Dandelions what country accepted Sabine and her family as refugees?
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Canada pg. 188
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In the book Children of Dandelions why did Sabine have Lalita cut her hair?
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So Boabab wouldn’t recognize her or so she looked like a boy pg. 190
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did the soldier want from Singh’s mother?
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Her gold bangle pg. 197
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In the book Children of Dandelions what was the problem with Sabine’s papers at the last check point?
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The papers said she was a girl, but she told the soldier she was a boy pg. 201
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In the book Children of Dandelions at the airport who was the woman in the red mini-skirt and red boots?
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Zena pg. 205
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In the book Children of Dandelions who was Zena going to marry?
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Amin pg. 207
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In the book Children of Dandelions what did Zena have on that let Sabine know that she cared about her?
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The friendship bracelet pg. 207
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In the book Children of Dandelions what small idol did Lalita give Sabine at the departure gate?
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Ganesh (the god of new beginnings) pg. 209
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