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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the receptionist at Green Jacaranda?

2. What gift does Nyasha's family give Tambu when she leaves?

3. What does Tracey say the Chinese are interested in?

4. Why are the Swedish tourists in Chapter 22 disappointed with the breakfast?

5. What publication does Tracey say can never come into the office again in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Pedzi's new idea for Green Jacaranda in Chapter 16?

2. At the end of the novel, where is Tambu working and how does she feel about her situation?

3. Where does Tambu go in Chapter 17 to try to apologize for a terrible wrong she perpetrated in her past?

4. What does Tracey Stevenson tell Tambu she would like Tambu to start anew for Green Jacaranda in Chapter 18?

5. What does Tambu realize she has forgotten to do concerning Nyasha in Chapter 15?

6. Who does Tambu bump into after the movie in Chapter 13, and how does she feel about it?

7. What are the long-term effects of Tambu's assault on Elizabeth that the reader discovers in Chapter 17?

8. How does Tambu spend some of the money she had thought she might spend on Elizabeth?

9. Who visits Tambu at her new house in Chapter 17, and what do they do there?

10. How does Tambu feel about her colleague Pedzi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing what Pedzi's "Ghetto Getaways" idea for the Green Jacaranda brand symbolizes, and discuss how Tambu comes to feel about it.

Essay Topic 2

What does Aunt Lucia's security agency, where Tambu ultimately ends up working in the end of the novel, symbolize? Write an essay discussing how Aunt Lucia's experiences in the war are related to her decision to start a security agency.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how Tambu views money and financial security. What lengths does Tambu go to to try to become financially independent after willingly leaving her well-paid job at the advertising agency?

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