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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tambu initially say she was born in Chapter 9?
(a) Umtali.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Harare.
(d) Mali.

2. 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.

3. What kinds of sounds does Tambu hear from Shine's room next door?
(a) Sounds of sex.
(b) Sounds of pain.
(c) Sounds of loud phone calls.
(d) Sounds of Shine practicing music.

4. Which patient at the mental health institution says terribly racist things to the nurses?
(a) Mr. Jones.
(b) Mr. Porter.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Tenant.

5. What does Tambu start to help herself to in the beginning of Chapter 5 from Mai Manyanga?
(a) Mai Manyanga's alcohol.
(b) Mai Manyanga's vegetables.
(c) Mai Manyanga's telephone.
(d) Mai Manyanga's clothes.

6. Who eventually saves Gertrude from the crowd?
(a) A cook.
(b) A priest.
(c) A driver from one of the other combis.
(d) A homeless man.

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

8. What does Christine tell Tambu she is surprised about concerning Tambu in Chapter 10?
(a) That Tambu has not been home to the village in so long.
(b) That Tambu is not making more money.
(c) That Tambu is no longer living at Mai Manyanga's.
(d) That Tambu is not still working at the ad agency.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who is the only man in the house Tambu moves into in Chapter 4?
(a) Larky.
(b) Leon.
(c) Shine.
(d) Mako.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Nyasha's daughter?

3. What do the two strangers at the bus stop give to Tambu in Chapter 8?

4. Who is Mai Manyanga's youngest son?

5. Where is Nyasha's husband from?

(see the answer keys)

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