1. a) Who is Paula Leen?
b) Why was she in the U.S. recently?

2. How has the recent drop in donations to African charities affected Zimbabweans, specifically those helped by Ms. Leen?

3. What was the result of President Robert Mugabe's compulsory land redistribution program, in which he took farms owned by Zimbabwe's minority population of wealthy whites and turned over the ownership to impoverished blacks?

4. How much worse did the economic situation in Zimbabwe get this summer?

5. Zimbabwe used to be called the Bread Basket of Africa. How has that changed since Ms. Leen arrived there in 1981?

6. What do you think the editor's intention was for having this article written?

7. What can Americans do to help the people of Zimbabwe? (Read a commentary on this issue entitled "Zimbabwe is on the Ropes" at wsj.com.)