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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 13 - 15).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house does Tambu arrive at in Chapter 1 looking for accommodation?
(a) Tracey Stevenson.
(b) Widow Riley.
(c) Mai Manyanga.
(d) Nyasha.

2. What is one of the questions the voice asks Tambu in Chapter 9?
(a) How much money she makes.
(b) Where her mother is.
(c) Who she is spying for.
(d) What the date is.

3. What does the woman who knocks on Tambu's window in Chapter 6 end up doing?
(a) Shoving a letter under Shine's door.
(b) Threatening to hurt herself.
(c) Leaving a baby in a basket on the front stoop.
(d) Stripping naked in the front yard and calling for Shine to come out.

4. What crime does Shine commit in Mai Manyanga's house?
(a) Robbery.
(b) Rape.
(c) Murder.
(d) Selling drugs.

5. What kinds of sounds does Tambu hear from Shine's room next door?
(a) Sounds of Shine practicing music.
(b) Sounds of sex.
(c) Sounds of pain.
(d) Sounds of loud phone calls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women wear in the ad Tracey shows Tambu in Chapter 15?

2. What song does Nyasha sing on the way to the movies in Chapter 13?

3. Who is the only man in the house Tambu moves into in Chapter 4?

4. What do the two strangers at the bus stop give to Tambu in Chapter 8?

5. Why do Christine and Aunt Lucia come to Nyasha's in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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