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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tambu put in her tea in very large quantities in Chapter 3?
(a) Milk.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Sugar.

2. 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 clothes.
(c) Mai Manyanga's vegetables.
(d) Mai Manyanga's telephone.

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

4. What does Tambu learn about Aunt Lucia that surprises her and makes her respect Aunt Lucia more in Chapter 12?
(a) Aunt Lucia has found Tambu a job.
(b) Aunt Lucia has earned her degree.
(c) Aunt Lucia has bought two houses.
(d) Aunt Lucia is running a security agency.

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

6. What does Tambu do in response to the crowd's anger toward Gertrude?
(a) She picks up a rock and gets ready to throw it at Gertrude.
(b) She closes the bus door on Gertrude.
(c) She finds a man to help Gertrude.
(d) She defends Gertrude.

7. What does Mai Manyanga feed her grandchildren in Chapter 4?
(a) Spinach.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Sausages.
(d) Candy bars.

8. What happens between Mai Manyanga's sons in Chapter 7?
(a) They fend off a band of thieves together.
(b) They try to kill Mai Manyanga's favorite pet.
(c) They have a physical fight involving blood.
(d) They fight over a woman.

9. What does Tambu do to Elizabeth in Chapter 8?
(a) Beats her savagely.
(b) Fails her.
(c) Expels her.
(d) Belittles her for answering wrong.

10. Who sends the package with Christine for Tambu in Chapter 5?
(a) Tambu's mother.
(b) Tambu's father.
(c) Tambu's husband.
(d) Tambu's sister.

11. Who does Tambu choose as her main target for her plan of the three Manyanga sons?
(a) Ignore.
(b) Larky.
(c) Silence.
(d) Praise.

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu always forget to thank Nyasha for in Chapter 10?

2. What does Tambu do with the stranger on the bus's phone number he has given her?

3. Who works as a domestic employee for Nyasha?

4. Who is another of Tambu's hostel mates who is angry with her for how she treated Gertrude in Chapter 2?

5. What does Tambu do when she has her visitors in Chapter 10?

(see the answer keys)

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