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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crime does Shine commit in Mai Manyanga's house?
(a) Murder.
(b) Rape.
(c) Selling drugs.
(d) Robbery.

2. 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 bought two houses.
(c) Aunt Lucia has earned her degree.
(d) Aunt Lucia has found Tambu a job.

3. What does Tambu do in response to the crowd's anger toward Gertrude?
(a) She defends Gertrude.
(b) She closes the bus door on Gertrude.
(c) She picks up a rock and gets ready to throw it at Gertrude.
(d) She finds a man to help Gertrude.

4. What animal does Tambu hear when she wakes up in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) A lion.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A hyena.
(d) A parakeet.

5. What is the title of Part 2 of this novel?
(a) Discovered.
(b) Fated.
(c) Suspended.
(d) Reckoning.

6. Who gave Tambu the nice heels she owns?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) Christine.
(c) Mrs. May.
(d) Mako.

7. Who is Nyasha's husband?
(a) Praise.
(b) Leon.
(c) Silence.
(d) Larky.

8. Who taps on Tambu's window in the middle of the night in Chapter 6, asking to be let in?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) A woman Shine was once involved with.
(c) Tambu's mother.
(d) Mako.

9. Who is Mai Manyanga's youngest son?
(a) Praise.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Larky.
(d) Leon.

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

11. Who does Tambu go to live with right after she leaves the mental health institution?
(a) Aunt Lucia.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Christine.
(d) Nyasha.

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

13. Where is Nyasha's husband from?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Germany.

14. What is one of Mai Manyanga's son's names?
(a) Tako.
(b) Leon.
(c) Larky.
(d) Miyagi.

15. What is Tambu's last name?
(a) Stevenson.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Manyanga.
(d) Siguake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tambu tell the woman she is asking for accommodation in Chapter 3 that she works?

2. Who does Tambu encounter at the mental health institution that surprises her?

3. Who is Tambu's doctor in Chapter 9?

4. Which patient at the mental health institution says terribly racist things to the nurses?

5. What does Tambu put in her tea in very large quantities in Chapter 3?

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