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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Grace?
(a) Agnes's neighbor.
(b) Agnes's boss.
(c) Agnes's friend.
(d) Agnes's maid.

2. Who marries Balaji?
(a) Isa.
(b) Naila.
(c) Matha.
(d) Cookie.

3. Who is Sylvia?
(a) Matha's aunt.
(b) Matha's daughter.
(c) Matha's cousin.
(d) Matha's mother.

4. Who does Matha go to live with?
(a) Her father.
(b) Cookie.
(c) Godfrey.
(d) Nkoloso.

5. What does Agnes not realize about Ronald until he tells her?
(a) He is black.
(b) He is white.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He is tall.

6. Who is Isa'a father?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Frederico.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Ronald.

7. Who is Isa's mother?
(a) Chanda.
(b) Sibilla.
(c) Matha.
(d) Lina.

8. Why does Sylvia get kicked out of her home?
(a) She is untidy.
(b) She does not study hard enough.
(c) She sleeps with Mr. Mwape.
(d) She is annoying to live with.

9. Where does Matha's mother work?
(a) At a bar.
(b) At her school.
(c) At a diner.
(d) At someone's house.

10. Why does Agnes stop playing tennis for a while?
(a) She does not stop playing tennis.
(b) She loses interest.
(c) She goes blind.
(d) Her parents make her stop playing tennis.

11. Where does Matha go to school?
(a) A boys' school.
(b) An English boarding school.
(c) A girls' school.
(d) She does not go to school.

12. Who walks in on Sylvia in bed?
(a) Sibilla.
(b) Cookie.
(c) Loveness.
(d) Grace.

13. Who escapes Italy with Sibilla?
(a) Frederico.
(b) Sam.
(c) The Colonel.
(d) Percy Clark.

14. Who does Mr. Mwape think Sylvia is?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His niece.
(d) His daughter.

15. Who is Adrianna?
(a) Giovanna's daughter.
(b) Giovanna's sister.
(c) Giovanna's aunt.
(d) Giovanna's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Frederico pretend to be in Africa?

2. Where does the narrator die?

3. Who are the Weepers?

4. What business does Isa start?

5. What does Isa first fight with her husband about?

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