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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. Who is Tambu's hostel matron in Chapter 1?
(a) Mrs. Maplethorpe.
(b) Mrs. Mole.
(c) Mrs. Marple.
(d) Mrs. May.

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

3. Who is one of the other female lodgers at Mai Manyanga's with Tambu?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Nyasha.
(d) Isabel.

4. What injury does Tambu's sister sustain in the war?
(a) She loses a leg.
(b) She loses an eye.
(c) She loses an arm.
(d) She loses a hand.

5. What does Tambu put in her tea in very large quantities in Chapter 3?
(a) Milk.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tambu do with the stranger on the bus's phone number he has given her?

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

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

5. What happens to Gertrude that sets off the mob's anger in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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