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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tambu contact Mrs. Samaita in Chapter 17?
(a) To talk about applying for the headmistress position.
(b) To get her disability pay.
(c) To ask for her old job back.
(d) To get Elizabeth's home address.

2. Who runs a dress shop near Tambu's office?
(a) Mai Moetsabi.
(b) Mai Manyanga.
(c) Mai Taka.
(d) Mai May.

3. What do Leon and Nyasha have to borrow money for in order to help Mai Taka?
(a) Doctors' fees for her daughter, who is gravely ill.
(b) Gas, so they can drive her to a clinic for medical help.
(c) Funeral expenses to bury her mother.
(d) Ransom, so they can get her son back from kidnappers.

4. What does Tambu do with the gift her mother has sent her in Chapter 17?
(a) Scatters it across her house and then buries it in her garden.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Gives it away.
(d) Eats it.

5. What do Tambu's niece and nephew like to do when they visit Tambu?
(a) Swim in her pool.
(b) Eat sweets from the bakery next door.
(c) Play with the neighbors' children.
(d) Sleep.

6. What does Tracey tell Tambu Zimbabwe is known for that relates to her new business?
(a) Zimbabweans are known for their innovation in new cuisine.
(b) Zimbabweans are some of the best stone sculptors in the world.
(c) Zimbabweans are known for their vinyards.
(d) Zimbabweans are known for their fine craft beers.

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

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

9. What is Tracey Stevenson's company called?
(a) Guava Getaways.
(b) Harare Hotels.
(c) Harare Advertising.
(d) Green Jacaranda Getaway Safaris.

10. What does Tambu's mother call out for at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Air, because she feels she is being suffocated.
(b) Help, because she is being beaten by Tambu's father.
(c) Money, because she is so poor.
(d) Water, because she is parched.

11. What does Tambu's mother say about white people in Chapter 19?
(a) They should all leave Zimbabwe.
(b) They are all that is wrong with the world.
(c) They are the only ones who can make money.
(d) They are still a problem and you can only work with them if you know them.

12. What song does Nyasha sing on the way to the movies in Chapter 13?
(a) Ba Ba Black Sheep.
(b) Ten Green Bottles.
(c) Yesterday.
(d) Stand By Me.

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

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

15. What does Tambu forget to bring for her mother that she only realizes early in Chapter 20?
(a) Food.
(b) Scented soap.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Ma'Tabitha cook for Tambu's visitors in Chapter 21?

4. What do the women wear in the ad Tracey shows Tambu in Chapter 15?

5. What space in Nyasha's house does she say every woman should have one of?

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