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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 does Tambu tell the stranger on the bus she does for a living in Chapter 2?
(a) Chef.
(b) Property manager.
(c) Horticulture.
(d) Lawyer.

2. Where does Tambu travel in Chapter 1 to investigate a possible new place to stay for accommodation?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Mali.
(c) Harare.
(d) Borrowdale.

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

4. How does the woman Tambu is asking for accommodation in Chapter 3 refer to her own dead husband?
(a) VaManyanga.
(b) VaLeonya.
(c) Mr. Leonya.
(d) Mr. Miyagi.

5. Who is another of Tambu's hostel mates who is angry with her for how she treated Gertrude in Chapter 2?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Mako.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Nyasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Mai Manyanga's son's names?

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

3. What does Mai Manyanga feed her grandchildren in Chapter 4?

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

5. Who does Tambu choose as her main target for her plan of the three Manyanga sons?

(see the answer key)

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