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

2. In Chapter 7, what does Christine suggest to Tambu that they do together?
(a) Rob a bank.
(b) Go to a nightclub.
(c) Smoke marijuana.
(d) Move to the village.

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

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

5. What kind of creature does Tambu imagine herself as in the mirror in Chapter 1?
(a) An ostrich.
(b) A pig.
(c) A boar.
(d) A fish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Tambu's students nickname her?

3. What does Christine's past include?

4. What does Tambu scold herself for not doing in the beginning of Chapter 5 concerning the Manyanga sons?

5. What injury does Tambu's sister sustain in the war?

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