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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which holiday does the city host a dance for the school-age children?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Kwanza.
(d) New Year's.

2. What does Babamukuru claim he cannot eat a meal without?
(a) Gravy.
(b) Butter.
(c) Molasses.
(d) Milk.

3. What is Tambu told she cannot attend school when she turns of age?
(a) Tambu does not want to attend school.
(b) Her family does not have enough money.
(c) The school does not accept female students.
(d) Her brother fobids it.

4. Which of the following rooms of the home is particularly difficult for Tambu to navigate when she first moves to Babamukuru's
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The pantry.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bathroom.

5. Which of the following male characters compliments Maiguru on how hard she works and tells her that she may go to bed?
(a) Tete Peter.
(b) Jeremiah.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Babamukuru.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who curls up next to Nyasha on the night of the fight, sleeping with their arms wrapped around her?

2. What does Nyasha feel that the family is turning Babamukuru into?

3. What does Tambu's mother think is the most important thing a woman must learn to carry?

4. What happens when students are "screened out"?

5. Which of the following is NOT a tradition observed by Babamukuru's family at the dinner table?

(see the answer key)

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