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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. Who is Mrs. Zulu?
(a) Matha'a friend.
(b) Matha's neighbor.
(c) Matha's mother.
(d) Matha's aunt.

2. Who brings Sylvia gifts?
(a) Loveness.
(b) Cookie.
(c) Lina.
(d) Mr. Mwape.

3. Why is Agnes's husband gone from her for several years?
(a) He is studying for his PhD.
(b) He is avoiding her.
(c) He is on adventures.
(d) He sees other women.

4. Who is Balaji?
(a) A European man.
(b) A British man.
(c) An American man.
(d) An Indian man.

5. Who teaches Matha to read?
(a) Nkoloso.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Sibilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator die?

2. What does Matha steal from her father?

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

4. Who is Godfrey?

5. Who is Grace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sibilla leaves the house for the first time?

2. What does Godfrey want to do with his life?

3. Why does Isabella reluctant to have more children after the first one?

4. Who is Adrianna, and what does she do?

5. Who is Percy M. Clark?

6. Who kidnaps Sylvia?

7. Where does Adrianna take Sibilla to live?

8. What happens on the way to Isabella and her husband's honeymoon?

9. Who does Sibilla run away with?

10. Who cries a lot?

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