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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. During what month of the year does Tambu return home to the village for the first time?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) June.

2. Who is put in charge of overseeing the food during the duration of the trip home?
(a) Tambu.
(b) Maiguru.
(c) Nyasha.
(d) Lucia.

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

4. Where is Tambu's mother lying when the family first arrives?
(a) Near the latrine.
(b) On the kitchen floor.
(c) In the fields.
(d) In the bedroom.

5. What is the first doctor Nyasha's parents take her to see?
(a) A medicine man.
(b) A surgeon.
(c) An oncologist.
(d) A psychologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many scholarships do the nuns offer to the students at the missionary school?

2. Which of the following male characters compliments Maiguru on how hard she works and tells her that she may go to bed?

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

4. Which of the following characters does NOT object to Tambu accepting a scholarship from the nuns?

5. Which of the following women is the eldest in Tambu's family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tambu feel about her parents' impending wedding ceremony?

3. Why doesn't Nyasha want to attend the missionary school one town over?

4. What is the reaction from Babamukuru's family when Tambu wins a scholarship to the Sacred Heart?

5. What part about studying makes Nyasha most nervous, and how does she combat those nerves?

6. Who is Nyaradzo?

7. How does the family react to the news that Babamukuru has found Lucia a job?

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

9. How does Tambu react when Lucia announces that she is leaving the homestead for good?

10. How does Babamukuru feel about Lucia's presence on the homestead?

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