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

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

4. What does Nyasha call her car?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Lady Di.
(d) Mako.

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

6. Where has Nyasha moved to from Zimbabwe?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Germany.

7. Whose house does Tambu arrive at in Chapter 1 looking for accommodation?
(a) Mai Manyanga.
(b) Widow Riley.
(c) Tracey Stevenson.
(d) Nyasha.

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

9. What kinds of creatures does Tambu feel crawling over her in times of stress?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Mosquitos.
(c) Flies.
(d) Ants.

10. What is one of the things Tambu notices about the kitchen of the house she visits for accommodation in Chapter 3?
(a) It is grungy and there are cockroaches there.
(b) It has half of its flooring missing.
(c) It is spotless and gleaming.
(d) It has obviously recently been flooded.

11. What kind of work does Nyasha do abroad?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Filmmaking.
(c) Music.
(d) Finance.

12. Who does not come out to meet Christine in Chapter 5 when Mai Manyanga calls her?
(a) Tambu.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Mako.

13. Where does Tambu travel in Chapter 1 to investigate a possible new place to stay for accommodation?
(a) Mali.
(b) Borrowdale.
(c) Harare.
(d) Cape Town.

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

15. Why does Tambu not get to meet the woman whose house she is looking for accommodation in in Chapter 1?
(a) The woman's husband assaults her and casts her away.
(b) She can not find the address.
(c) She finds the address, but the woman has passed away.
(d) The woman's domestic servant turns her away.