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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ma'Tabitha worried about Tambu in Chapter 17?
(a) She knows Tambu can not pay all her bills.
(b) She knows Tambu is no longer eating.
(c) She notices Tambu talking to herself.
(d) She sees Tambu's light is always on.

2. What does Tambu's mother do in Chapter 22 that shocks everyone?
(a) She takes a tourist's camera and throws it into a tree.
(b) She kills herself.
(c) She stabs one of the tourists.
(d) She denounces Tambu.

3. What has happened to Mai Taka in Chapter 14 that has caused her such distress?
(a) She has had a miscarriage.
(b) Her son has died.
(c) Her mother has died.
(d) She has lost her job.

4. How do Elizabeth's male relatives greet Tambu when she goes to Elizabeth's house?
(a) They give her the silent treatment.
(b) They taunt, harass, and threaten her.
(c) They welcome her.
(d) They feed her and offer their forgiveness.

5. What kind of fashion implements does Pedzi favor?
(a) Short shorts and skirts.
(b) Tattoos.
(c) Vibrant hair dyes.
(d) Piercings and fake fingernails.

6. Who is the tourist that Tambu particularly gets to know well?
(a) Nils Stevenson.
(b) Herr Gutzman.
(c) Herr Bachmann.
(d) James Baker.

7. What does Tambu puzzle over that she finds in an old school exercise book of hers?
(a) A photo of people she does not recognize.
(b) Poetry she has written.
(c) Notes she has written to friends.
(d) A journal entry addressed to her mother.

8. What happens to Mai Taka as a result of her having gone to the movies with Nyasha's family?
(a) Her husband Silence takes all her wages for the month.
(b) Her husband, Silence, takes her son away and places him with relatives.
(c) Her husband Silence beats her.
(d) Her husband Silence tells her to go live with Nyasha's family now.

9. What is Tambu dismayed to find on her kitchen table in Chapter 17?
(a) Bills to pay.
(b) The bag of mealie meal.
(c) A group of ants.
(d) A notice telling her she is evicted.

10. Who comes to visit Tambu in Chapter 21 at her home?
(a) Christine and Aunt Lucia.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) Widow Riley.
(d) Mrs. May.

11. Who is the receptionist at Green Jacaranda?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Pedzi.
(c) Christine.
(d) Lucia.

12. What does Leon tell Nyasha their children want in Chapter 13?
(a) To change schools.
(b) To go back to Germany.
(c) New bicycles.
(d) A mother, not a workshop facilitator.

13. How does Tambu sarcastically toast Pedzi in Chapter 18?
(a) She calls her Pedzi the famous.
(b) She calls her the genius from Ghana.
(c) She calls her the queen of the ghetto.
(d) She calls her the glamours ghetto rat.

14. What phrase is used to mean enticing someone to do what you would like them to do in Chapter 20?
(a) Sweeten the deal.
(b) Sweeten the pot.
(c) Grease the wheels.
(d) Open the mouth.

15. Who does Tambu mistakenly think has died in Chapter 21?
(a) Leon.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) Panashu.
(d) Mai Manyanga's sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of garments does the dress shop near Tambu's office sell?

2. Who runs a dress shop near Tambu's office?

3. What are Tambu's nieces' names?

4. Who interrupts Tambu's journey leaving Nyasha's family's house?

5. When is Africa Day?

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