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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ma'Shingayi react when Babamukuru walks up her drive to tell her of Nhamo's death?
(a) She refuses to let him in.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She spits at him.
(d) She hugs him.

2. 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.

3. What is the only thing Tambu wants to do after she arrives at Babamukuru's?
(a) Get to her studies.
(b) Make new friends.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Return to the village.

4. What part about Babamukuru's eating habits worries Tambu?
(a) That he eats too infrequently.
(b) That he eats too frequently.
(c) That he eats too early.
(d) That he eats too late.

5. During their first conversation, what does Nyasha admit to Tambu?
(a) That she has hated Tambu since she was born.
(b) That she does not hate Tambu and never did.
(c) That she is beginning to hate Tambu for her conservative ways.
(d) That she hated Tambu when she first moved in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters makes a long speech after dinner, formally welcoming Tambu into the family?

2. Who does Babamukuru claim should take Nhamo's place at the parochial school?

3. Where does Tambu's mother work?

4. How does Tambu feel about herself when she sees herself in the mirror on the first day of school?

5. What hopes does Tambu have when Nyasha first arrives at the home?

(see the answer key)

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