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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Tambu's visitors try to convince her of in Chapter 21?
(a) Not to go through with the village tourism scheme.
(b) To move back to Nyasha's.
(c) To move to Europe.
(d) To go back to teaching.

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

3. What does Tracey decide to do about the mambo in Tambu's home village?
(a) She will drive her out of town with rumors.
(b) She will get her a higher position in Harare.
(c) She will put her on a retainer.
(d) She will find a job for her in Europe.

4. What does Tambu's former colleague ask her pointedly when they meet by chance in Chapter 13?
(a) Whether she is making enough money.
(b) Why she was in the mental institution.
(c) Why she was fired from her last job.
(d) Whether or not she is married.

5. What does Christine tell Tambu that Ignore had been pretending to do in Chapter 21?
(a) Take Mai Manyanga to the priest.
(b) Support his own children.
(c) Help Mai Manyanga so he could get the house all for himself.
(d) Manage Mai Manyanga's cancer.

6. Who tells the Bachmanns that Tambu's mother is one of the performers in Chapter 22?
(a) Tambu.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) Pedzi.
(d) Tracey.

7. Who does a child belong to in Zimbabwe when the father is known?
(a) The mother alone.
(b) The paternal family.
(c) The father alone.
(d) The maternal family.

8. What does Tambu do with the money she had planned on spending on Elizabeth?
(a) She pays Nyasha back with it.
(b) She donates it to charity.
(c) She spends it on herself.
(d) She gives it to her own mother.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Tambu suffer from in Chapter 17?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Crippling leg pain.
(c) Blood clots.
(d) Insomnia.

14. What does Tambu often do on Saturday mornings in Chapter 18?
(a) Helps Nyasha cook for her workshops.
(b) Volunteers at the orphanage.
(c) Visits her mother.
(d) Visits the Queen Victoria Library.

15. What idea does Tracey put to Tambu in Chapter 18 for her own brand?
(a) Tracey wants Tambu to lead tours to rural Zimbabwe, and even her own homestead village.
(b) Tracey wants Tambu to lead tours to Egypt.
(c) Tracey wants Tambu to lead tours to war-torn areas.
(d) Tracey wants Tambu to lead tours to Mozambique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu find in her mother's house in Chapter 19?

2. Why does Tambu contact Mrs. Samaita in Chapter 17?

3. What is the name of Aunt Lucia's security company?

4. What kind of car does Tambu get from her job?

5. What phrase is used to mean enticing someone to do what you would like them to do in Chapter 20?

(see the answer keys)

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