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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Chapters 1 - 4).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Tambu not get to meet the woman whose house she is looking for accommodation in in Chapter 1?
(a) She can not find the address.
(b) The woman's domestic servant turns her away.
(c) The woman's husband assaults her and casts her away.
(d) She finds the address, but the woman has passed away.

3. What is Tambu's plan for one of Mai Manyanga's sons?
(a) Tambu wants to buy drugs from one of Mai Manyanga's sons.
(b) Tambu wants to kill one of Mai Manyanga's sons.
(c) Tambu wants to go into business with one of Mai Manyanga's sons.
(d) Tambu wants to marry one of Mai Manyanga's sons so she will be financially secure.

4. What is Tambu's last name?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Stevenson.
(c) Siguake.
(d) Manyanga.

5. What does Tambu decline to have put in her new room in Chapter 3?
(a) A hamster.
(b) A washbasin.
(c) Roach repellant.
(d) A telephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Tambu the nice heels she owns?

2. What kind of creature does Tambu imagine herself as in the mirror in Chapter 1?

3. Whose house does Tambu arrive at in Chapter 1 looking for accommodation?

4. What does Tambu do in response to the crowd's anger toward Gertrude?

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

(see the answer key)

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