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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Nyasha tell her children to call Tambu?
(a) MaininiTambu.
(b) MaiTambu.
(c) Tambudzai.
(d) Maiguru.
2. Where does Tambu get a job in Chapter 7?
(a) At a law firm.
(b) At a newspaper.
(c) At a school.
(d) At an ad agency.
3. Why does Tambu not get to meet the woman whose house she is looking for accommodation in in Chapter 1?
(a) The woman's domestic servant turns her away.
(b) The woman's husband assaults her and casts her away.
(c) She finds the address, but the woman has passed away.
(d) She can not find the address.
4. Who does Tambu think she sees in the club with Christine in Chapter 7?
(a) Tracey Stevenson.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Nyasha.
5. What happens to Gertrude that sets off the mob's anger in Chapter 2?
(a) She yells racial epithets at Tambu.
(b) She berates the bus driver.
(c) She trips getting into the bus and embarrassingly exposes herself.
(d) She drops her money on the ground.
6. Who does Tambu go to live with right after she leaves the mental health institution?
(a) Christine.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) Aunt Lucia.
(d) Gertrude.
7. Who is another of Tambu's hostel mates who is angry with her for how she treated Gertrude in Chapter 2?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Mako.
(c) Nyasha.
(d) Bertha.
8. What does Christine tell Tambu she is surprised about concerning Tambu in Chapter 10?
(a) That Tambu is not making more money.
(b) That Tambu is no longer living at Mai Manyanga's.
(c) That Tambu is not still working at the ad agency.
(d) That Tambu has not been home to the village in so long.
9. What animal does Tambu hear when she wakes up in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) A lion.
(b) A hyena.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A parakeet.
10. What does Tambu's letter to Nyasha say in Chapter 6?
(a) She asks Nyasha for money.
(b) She asks Nyasha to help her get a job.
(c) She asks Nyasha's advice in how to leave Zimbabwe.
(d) She asks Nyasha how to find a husband.
11. What surprises Tambu about Nyasha's husband?
(a) She thought all Europeans had financial means, but he does not.
(b) She thought he would be kinder to Nyasha.
(c) She thought he would be more good-looking.
(d) She thought he would be smarter.
12. Which girl does Tambu encounter in Chapter 8 who engages in scandalous behavior?
(a) Esmeralda.
(b) Christine.
(c) Nyasha.
(d) Djembouti.
13. What is one of the things Tambu notices about the kitchen of the house she visits for accommodation in Chapter 3?
(a) It has half of its flooring missing.
(b) It has obviously recently been flooded.
(c) It is spotless and gleaming.
(d) It is grungy and there are cockroaches there.
14. Who is Nyasha's husband?
(a) Praise.
(b) Leon.
(c) Silence.
(d) Larky.
15. Who is Mai Manyanga's youngest son?
(a) Larky.
(b) Praise.
(c) Leon.
(d) Ignore.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the two strangers at the bus stop give to Tambu in Chapter 8?
2. What is one of Mai Manyanga's son's names?
3. What does Tambu's doctor tell Tambu she thinks is one of Tambu's problems?
4. What does the woman who knocks on Tambu's window in Chapter 6 end up doing?
5. Who taps on Tambu's window in the middle of the night in Chapter 6, asking to be let in?
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