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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Chapters 5 - 8).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tambu do in response to the crowd's anger toward Gertrude?
(a) She picks up a rock and gets ready to throw it at Gertrude.
(b) She closes the bus door on Gertrude.
(c) She defends Gertrude.
(d) She finds a man to help Gertrude.

2. What does Tambu do to Elizabeth in Chapter 8?
(a) Fails her.
(b) Belittles her for answering wrong.
(c) Expels her.
(d) Beats her savagely.

3. What does Tambu do with the stranger on the bus's phone number he has given her?
(a) Passes it along to the hostel matron.
(b) Writes it on her hand.
(c) Burns it when she gets home.
(d) Throws it under her seat like trash.

4. Where does Tambu attend school?
(a) The University of South Africa.
(b) Holy Cross College.
(c) The New School of Harare.
(d) Young Ladies' College of the Sacred Heart.

5. What publication does the hostel matron routinely complete the crossword in?
(a) The Zimbabwe Clarion.
(b) The Harare Herald.
(c) The Virginia Pilot.
(d) The Zimbabwe Record.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu notice about her new mattress in Chapter 4?

2. What does Tambu start to help herself to in the beginning of Chapter 5 from Mai Manyanga?

3. Where was Tambu's previous job that she gave up?

4. What do Mai Manyanga's sons discuss among themselves in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Mai Manyanga most like to sing?

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