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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Elizabeth's mother tell Tambu Elizabeth's heart is like?
(a) Stone.
(b) Her father's.
(c) A fire.
(d) A lion.

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

4. How many languages does Tambu greet the tourists in on her tour?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

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

6. What does Tambu find in her mother's house in Chapter 19?
(a) Pictures of her father.
(b) A trunk with her old school things.
(c) Many fancy dresses.
(d) Money she forgot about that is hers.

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

8. Who interrupts Tambu's journey leaving Nyasha's family's house?
(a) Mai Manyanga.
(b) Christine.
(c) Aunt Lucia.
(d) Mai Taka.

9. What do the women wear in the ad Tracey shows Tambu in Chapter 15?
(a) Zambia cloths.
(b) Winter coats.
(c) Bikinis.
(d) Hijabs.

10. What is Tambu's mother doing when Tambu arrives at the homestead in Chapter 19?
(a) Killing chickens for dinner.
(b) Pulling maize from cobs.
(c) Picking spinach.
(d) Bandaging her hand.

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

12. What death do Tambu's visitors bring news about in Chapter 21?
(a) Mai Taka's.
(b) Mai Manyanga's.
(c) Leon's.
(d) Nayasha's.

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

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

15. What kind of car does Tambu get from her job?
(a) A red Corvette.
(b) A black BMW.
(c) A white truck.
(d) A purple Mazda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu's mother do in Chapter 22 that shocks everyone?

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

3. Who is the tourist that Tambu particularly gets to know well?

4. What global issue does Tracey tell Tambu she is focused on as part of her business in Chapter 15?

5. What gift does Tambu bring for her father?

(see the answer keys)

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