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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Widow Riley think Tambu is in Chapter 10?
(a) Her niece Eileen.
(b) Her mother Ellie.
(c) Her sister Ellen.
(d) Her daughter Edie.

3. What other relative does Tambu spend a significant amount of time telling the doctor about in Chapter 9?
(a) Mako.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Christine.
(d) Nyasha.

4. What does Tambu tell the stranger on the bus she does for a living in Chapter 2?
(a) Horticulture.
(b) Chef.
(c) Property manager.
(d) Lawyer.

5. Who is one of the other female lodgers at Mai Manyanga's with Tambu?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Bertha.

6. What publication does the hostel matron routinely complete the crossword in?
(a) The Zimbabwe Clarion.
(b) The Virginia Pilot.
(c) The Harare Herald.
(d) The Zimbabwe Record.

7. What does Nyasha tell her children to call Tambu?
(a) MaiTambu.
(b) Maiguru.
(c) MaininiTambu.
(d) Tambudzai.

8. What is Christine's nickname?
(a) Chrissy.
(b) Chris.
(c) Kiri.
(d) Tina.

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

10. Who does Tambu encounter at the mental health institution that surprises her?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) Mai Manyanga.
(c) Her old neighbor Bertha.
(d) The Widow Riley.

11. 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.

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

13. Where was Tambu's previous job that she gave up?
(a) At a law firm.
(b) At an advertising agency.
(c) On a farm.
(d) At a travel company.

14. 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 yells racial epithets at Tambu.
(c) She drops her money on the ground.
(d) She berates the bus driver.

15. Who does Tambu think she sees in the club with Christine in Chapter 7?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Tracey Stevenson.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between Mai Manyanga's sons in Chapter 7?

2. What does the woman who knocks on Tambu's window in Chapter 6 end up doing?

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

4. What kind of work does Nyasha do abroad?

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

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