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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nyasha encourage Tambu to do that she thinks will make Tambu feel better in Chapter 11?
(a) Go visit her mother.
(b) Apologize to Elizabeth, the girl she beat.
(c) Get a new job immediately.
(d) Find a husband.

3. What kind of shoes does Tambu wear in Chapter 1 for her interview?
(a) Ballet flats.
(b) Marc Jacobs platforms.
(c) Patent leather flats.
(d) Lady Di heels.

4. Who is the visitor who comes to Mai Manyanga's at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Anushu.
(b) Lucia.
(c) Christine.
(d) Nyasha.

5. What does Tambu do when she has her visitors in Chapter 10?
(a) Sleeps through their visit.
(b) Runs away from the mental health institution.
(c) Attacks one of her visitors.
(d) Cries copiously.

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

7. What injury does Tambu's sister sustain in the war?
(a) She loses an arm.
(b) She loses a hand.
(c) She loses a leg.
(d) She loses an eye.

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

9. What do Tambu's students nickname her?
(a) The Hammer.
(b) Tambudzai the Grief.
(c) Tambudzai the Terrible.
(d) The Face.

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

11. What does Tambu's doctor surmise Tambu feels guilty about?
(a) Leaving her mother.
(b) The death of her brother.
(c) Leaving her job.
(d) The beating of Elizabeth.

12. Where does Tambu attend school?
(a) Young Ladies' College of the Sacred Heart.
(b) The New School of Harare.
(c) The University of South Africa.
(d) Holy Cross College.

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

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

15. What does Tambu do with the stranger on the bus's phone number he has given her?
(a) Burns it when she gets home.
(b) Writes it on her hand.
(c) Passes it along to the hostel matron.
(d) Throws it under her seat like trash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Tambu about Nyasha's husband?

2. What does Tambu notice about Mai Manyanga that is different in the first part of Chapter 5?

3. What kind of car does Mai Manyanga drive?

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

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

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