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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Nine and Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following adjectives does Babamukuru use to describe school-age children?
(a) Useless.
(b) Disciplined.
(c) Annoying.
(d) Malleable.

3. What does Maiguru claim she wants Tambu to eat while living under her roof?
(a) Whatever food is served to her.
(b) Whatever food makes her forget her home.
(c) Whatever food makes her happy.
(d) Whatever food the family eats.

4. When Tambu hears that she cannot attend school, what does she ask her parents for?
(a) Books.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Dolls.
(d) Seeds.

5. What is the name of the man Lucia arrived at the homestead with?
(a) Makesure.
(b) Suretake.
(c) Suremake.
(d) Takesure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following beverages does Tambu regularly drink with Maiguru?

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

3. How does Tambu's father react to the news that she cannot attend school?

4. Who claims that Babamukuru is beating Nyasha because she is a girl?

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true of Nyasha?

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