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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 global issue does Tracey tell Tambu she is focused on as part of her business in Chapter 15?
(a) Violence against women.
(b) Famine.
(c) Climate Change.
(d) Arms control.

2. What is Part 3 of the book called?
(a) Arriving.
(b) Reveling.
(c) Ravenous.
(d) Reckoning.

3. What surprises Tambu about Nyasha's husband?
(a) She thought he would be kinder to Nyasha.
(b) She thought all Europeans had financial means, but he does not.
(c) She thought he would be more good-looking.
(d) She thought he would be smarter.

4. What kinds of sounds does Tambu hear from Shine's room next door?
(a) Sounds of pain.
(b) Sounds of Shine practicing music.
(c) Sounds of loud phone calls.
(d) Sounds of sex.

5. What does Tambu do to Elizabeth in Chapter 8?
(a) Beats her savagely.
(b) Fails her.
(c) Belittles her for answering wrong.
(d) Expels her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tambu not get to meet the woman whose house she is looking for accommodation in in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What does Tambu always forget to thank Nyasha for in Chapter 10?

5. What does Tambu's former colleague ask her pointedly when they meet by chance in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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