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Child of Dandelions By Shenaaz Nanji 1. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, where does the story take place? August, Uganda, 1972. p. 9 2. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// how was disrespect shown to Sabine? A man spit in her face. p. 10 3. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, who was Sabine’s best friend? Zena p. 10 4. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// who is the President of the country? Idi Amin p. 10 5. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what was President Amin’s dream? God told him to expel all foreign Indians from Uganda p. 10 6. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// how many days were given to weed the Indians from Uganda? 90 p. 11 7. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what day was Independence Day celebrated? October 9 p. 12 8. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what was Sabine’s mother’s bad-luck sign? Left eye twitching p. 12 9. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// Bapa referred to Zena and Sabine as what? Twin beans of one coffer flower p. 12 10. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// why did Sabine call her uncle Zulfiqar Uncle Lollipop? Because he always sucked lollipops p. 13 11. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// who was Sabine’s dream king? Ssekore, Zena’s older brother p. 14 12. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what is nyama-choma? Barbecued meat p. 14 13. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what is the new traffic police? A goat p. 15 14. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what does one-eleven mean? The scars on Uncle’s face p. 19 15. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what happened to Sabine’s grandfather? He was killed during the Indian-Pakistan War p. 21 16. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, during the Kenya-Uganda Railway what was Bapa called? Simba p. 22 17. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what is a lehnga? Red silk shirt & blouse p. 25 & 26 18. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what is Kondos? Machete-armed bandits p. 31 19. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what is Sabine’s little brother’s name? Minaz or Munchkin p. 31. 20. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what is Paradise place? Sabine’s secret cavern p. 33 21. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, who is Kintu? First man on earth p. 39 22. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what is shamu? The serpent who swallowed its tail p. 39 23. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what did Katana give Sabine as magic to save her? A white chicken feather p. 40 24. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what would happen to the bullet that was shot at Sabine? It would become water p. 40 25. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// who was referred to as the queen? Lalita p. 42 26. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what is wrong with Munchkin? He has Down syndrome p. 51 27. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// who is Amina Goli? A beggar p. 59 28. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// why were the soldiers going to arrest the queen? Because she did not have a picture of Idi Amin on the wall of her tea house p. 70 29. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what was the name of Sabine’s school? Kampala Academy p. 73 30. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, where did they find Zully’s car? In a parking lot adjacent to Entebbe Airport p. 75 31. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what does the title mean? A weed that must be uprooted p. 93 32. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what is Mzee’s name? Kabugo p. 98 33. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what happened to Bwana’s car? It was taken at gun point by the soldiers p. 110 34. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, what is a marbou? A vulture p. 147 35. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// what happened to Latila when she and Sabine waited in the kipando line? She had a heat stroke p. 161 36. //In the book Child of Dandelions,// who was Milo’s executioner? Baobab p. 165 37. //In the book Child of Dandelions//, how did the Apollo Hotel get its name? It was named after the Apollo 11 space mission p. 175