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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What publication does the hostel matron routinely complete the crossword in?
(a) The Zimbabwe Clarion.
(b) The Virginia Pilot.
(c) The Zimbabwe Record.
(d) The Harare Herald.

2. What happens between Mai Manyanga's sons in Chapter 7?
(a) They fight over a woman.
(b) They have a physical fight involving blood.
(c) They fend off a band of thieves together.
(d) They try to kill Mai Manyanga's favorite pet.

3. What does Christine bring for Tambu from the village in Chapter 5?
(a) Money.
(b) A bag of mealie meal.
(c) An instrument to play.
(d) Flowers to plant.

4. What does Christine say Mai Manyanga has been doing for Tambu in Chapter 10?
(a) Trying to find her a new job.
(b) Trying to find her a new home.
(c) Praying for her.
(d) Paying for her treatment.

5. Where does Tambu correct herself to say she was born in Chapter 9?
(a) Mutare.
(b) Umtali.
(c) Uganda.
(d) Harare.

6. Why do Christine and Aunt Lucia come to Nyasha's in Chapter 12?
(a) To help tend the farm.
(b) To help her cook for her workshop students.
(c) To perform the wedding ceremony between Nyasha and her boyfriend.
(d) To help make the wine from the grape harvest.

7. Whose house does Tambu arrive at in Chapter 3 looking for accommodation?
(a) Mai Manyanga's.
(b) Christine's.
(c) Mrs. May's.
(d) Nyasha's.

8. Who does Widow Riley think Tambu is in Chapter 10?
(a) Her sister Ellen.
(b) Her niece Eileen.
(c) Her mother Ellie.
(d) Her daughter Edie.

9. Which girl does Tambu encounter in Chapter 8 who engages in scandalous behavior?
(a) Djembouti.
(b) Christine.
(c) Esmeralda.
(d) Nyasha.

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

11. What does Nyasha tell her children to call Tambu?
(a) Tambudzai.
(b) Maiguru.
(c) MaininiTambu.
(d) MaiTambu.

12. Who visits Tambu in Chapter 10?
(a) Aunt Lucia, Christine, and Nyasha.
(b) Tambu's father.
(c) Tambu's sister and Christine.
(d) Nyasha and Tambu's mother.

13. What does Tambu learn about Aunt Lucia that surprises her and makes her respect Aunt Lucia more in Chapter 12?
(a) Aunt Lucia is running a security agency.
(b) Aunt Lucia has earned her degree.
(c) Aunt Lucia has found Tambu a job.
(d) Aunt Lucia has bought two houses.

14. What does Tambu's letter to Nyasha say in Chapter 6?
(a) She asks Nyasha for money.
(b) She asks Nyasha how to find a husband.
(c) She asks Nyasha's advice in how to leave Zimbabwe.
(d) She asks Nyasha to help her get a job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christine's past include?

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

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

4. What is Tambu's plan for one of Mai Manyanga's sons?

5. What kind of work does Nyasha do abroad?

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