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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 16 - 19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mai Manyanga's sons discuss among themselves in Chapter 4?
(a) What do to about their mother's land and house for inheritance purposes.
(b) How to divorce their wives easily.
(c) How to ship their children to boarding school.
(d) What are the best sports teams in the country.

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

3. What does Tambu notice about her new mattress in Chapter 4?
(a) It is very new.
(b) It is not there.
(c) It has fungus.
(d) It is ripped.

4. What does Tambu do with the gift her mother has sent her in Chapter 17?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Scatters it across her house and then buries it in her garden.
(c) Gives it away.
(d) Eats it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name the company settles on for Pedzi's brand?

2. What kinds of creatures does Tambu feel crawling over her in times of stress?

3. What kind of work does Nyasha do abroad?

4. Who is the gardener at Tambu's new house in Chapter 15?

5. What does Tambu find in her mother's house in Chapter 19?

(see the answer key)

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