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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the domestic workers who will help Tambu at her new home in Chapter 15?
(a) Ma'Tabitha.
(b) Mrs. May.
(c) Mai Manyanga.
(d) Mai Taka.

2. What does Pedzi call Tambu at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) The queen of the village.
(b) Tragic Tambu.
(c) The rival of rural Zimbabwe.
(d) The head enforcer.

3. Who is the gardener at Tambu's new house in Chapter 15?
(a) VaSimoni.
(b) VaManyanga.
(c) VaSiguake.
(d) VaPhiri.

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

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

6. Why are the Swedish tourists in Chapter 22 disappointed with the breakfast?
(a) All the food is unfamiliar to them.
(b) They say it has made them sick.
(c) They say it is cold.
(d) They feel it is not authentically Zimbabwean.

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

8. How often do Tambu's niece and nephew visit her in her new home in Chapter 17?
(a) About once a month.
(b) About twice a month.
(c) Once every several months.
(d) About once a week.

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

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

11. What kind of accent does Tracey have?
(a) Rhodesian.
(b) Ethiopian.
(c) Sudanese.
(d) Malian.

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

13. Where does Tambu end up working in the end of the novel?
(a) For her Aunt Lucia's security firm.
(b) In Green Jacaranda.
(c) In Nyasha's workshops.
(d) In a cinema.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu suffer from in Chapter 17?

2. Who is the chairperson of the Women's Club?

3. What is Tracey frustrated about "adding value" to in Chapter 20?

4. What does Tambu puzzle over that she finds in an old school exercise book of hers?

5. What happens to Mai Taka as a result of her having gone to the movies with Nyasha's family?

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