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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. What part of Nyasha's recent behavior at exam times worries Maiguru?
(a) She is becoming obsessive.
(b) She is becoming apathetic.
(c) She is becoming disruptive.
(d) She is becoming withdrawn.

2. What does Babamukuru give to Jeremiah as a wedding gift?
(a) A car.
(b) A cow.
(c) A sack of gold coins.
(d) Land.

3. What is the name of the school at which the nuns work?
(a) Our Lady of Sorrows.
(b) Immaculate Conception.
(c) Saint Paul.
(d) Sacred Heart.

4. Which of the following is the same about Ma'Shingayi and Lucia at the time when Tambu comes to visit?
(a) They are both pregnant.
(b) They are both learning to sew.
(c) They are both trying to divorce their husbands.
(d) They are both gravely ill.

5. How does Babamukuru feel about Lucia staying on the homestead?
(a) He is apathetic to it.
(b) He does not know she is staying there.
(c) He forbids it.
(d) He accepts it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucia threaten to do to Ma'Shingayi's baby if she doesn't get out of bed?

2. Which of the following students claims that studying for the exams is "the first time I've done something that matters"?

3. Which of the following is NOT a topic Tambu's family discusses during their family meeting?

4. After the holidays, how long will Tambu and Nyasha be separated before the beginning of the next school year?

5. What is Babamukuru's only expense at Tambu's new school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Babamukuru propose to deal with the evil that has been following his family?

2. What is Tambu's punishment for refusing to attend her parents' wedding?

3. How does Maiguru react to the vicious fight that breaks out between Babamukuru and Nyasha after the dance?

4. How does Lucia rouse Ma'Shingayi from her depression?

5. What does Nyasha find most strange about the white people who live at the mission?

6. What is Maiguru responsible for during the trip to the homestead, and how does she react to this responsibility?

7. How does Tambu feel about having to return to the homestead to visit her family for Christmas?

8. What causes Lucia to burst out of the kitchen during the family meeting and attack Takesure?

9. What happens to Nyasha when she is late to the dinner table on the evening before Tambu leaves for the Sacred Heart?

10. During the family meeting, what does Lucia say about Jeremiah and his relationship with Ma'Shingayi?

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