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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nyasha encourage Tambu to do that she thinks will make Tambu feel better in Chapter 11?
(a) Get a new job immediately.
(b) Go visit her mother.
(c) Find a husband.
(d) Apologize to Elizabeth, the girl she beat.

2. Who does Tambu encounter at the mental health institution that surprises her?
(a) The Widow Riley.
(b) Mai Manyanga.
(c) Nyasha.
(d) Her old neighbor Bertha.

3. Who is Mai Manyanga's youngest son?
(a) Ignore.
(b) Larky.
(c) Leon.
(d) Praise.

4. What is the title of Part 2 of this novel?
(a) Reckoning.
(b) Suspended.
(c) Fated.
(d) Discovered.

5. What does Tambu start to help herself to in the beginning of Chapter 5 from Mai Manyanga?
(a) Mai Manyanga's alcohol.
(b) Mai Manyanga's telephone.
(c) Mai Manyanga's clothes.
(d) Mai Manyanga's vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the head of Tambu's new workplace in Chapter 7?

2. What does Tambu notice about Mai Manyanga that is different in the first part of Chapter 5?

3. Where does Tambu initially say she was born in Chapter 9?

4. What injury does Tambu's sister sustain in the war?

5. Who is the visitor who comes to Mai Manyanga's at the beginning of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of animal does Tambu envision when she arrives in the mental health institution in Chapter 9?

2. What is the family saying Tambu recalls in the beginning of Chapter 3 as she contemplates what has happened to Gertrude?

3. Who does Tambu think she sees in the club in Chapter 7 and why does she react so belligerently to this idea?

4. What does Tambu take to helping herself to that belongs to Mai Manyanga in Chapter 5?

5. What does Tambu's cousin Nyasha do for work?

6. What kind of shoes does Tambu wear to meet the Widow Riley in Chapter 1 and who gave them to her?

7. What plan does Tambu hatch concerning Mai Manyanga's sons when she sees them visit the widow in Chapter 4?

8. In Chapter 1, how would you describe Tambu's relationship with the other women in her hostel?

9. Why is Mako so upset in Chapter 5?

10. What does Tambu offer to do to help Nyasha with the children at the end of Chapter 12, and how is the offer received?

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