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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 13 - 15).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Tambu notice about Nyasha's clothes in Chapter 10?
(a) They are expensive-looking.
(b) They have corporate slogans on them.
(c) They have German writing on them Tambu can not understand.
(d) They are frayed and torn.

4. What happens to Gertrude that sets off the mob's anger in Chapter 2?
(a) She berates the bus driver.
(b) She drops her money on the ground.
(c) She yells racial epithets at Tambu.
(d) She trips getting into the bus and embarrassingly exposes herself.

5. What does Mai Manyanga feed her grandchildren in Chapter 4?
(a) Spinach.
(b) Sausages.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Candy bars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shoes does Tambu wear in Chapter 1 for her interview?

2. Why is Mai Taka's husband upset that she is going to the movies with Nyasha's family?

3. Who gave Tambu the nice heels she owns?

4. What is one of the things Tambu notices about the kitchen of the house she visits for accommodation in Chapter 3?

5. How does the woman Tambu is asking for accommodation in Chapter 3 refer to her own dead husband?

(see the answer key)

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