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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 kinds of sounds does Tambu hear from Shine's room next door?
(a) Sounds of sex.
(b) Sounds of Shine practicing music.
(c) Sounds of pain.
(d) Sounds of loud phone calls.

2. What is Christine's nickname?
(a) Kiri.
(b) Chrissy.
(c) Chris.
(d) Tina.

3. Where does Tambu tell the woman she is asking for accommodation in Chapter 3 that she works?
(a) A library.
(b) A well-known advertising agency.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A school.

4. Who taps on Tambu's window in the middle of the night in Chapter 6, asking to be let in?
(a) Mako.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) Tambu's mother.
(d) A woman Shine was once involved with.

5. Who is one of the other female lodgers at Mai Manyanga's with Tambu?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Isabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who works as a domestic employee for Nyasha?

2. What is the title of Part 2 of this novel?

3. What does Tambu do with the stranger on the bus's phone number he has given her?

4. What does Christine bring for Tambu from the village in Chapter 5?

5. What does Christine say Mai Manyanga has been doing for Tambu in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Christine and Aunt Lucia come to help Nyasha with in Chapter 12, that Tambu also gets drafted into helping with?

2. What happens when the two men find Tambu passed out at the bus stop in Chapter 8?

3. Who comes to visit Tambu in the mental health institution in Chapter 10?

4. Who taps on Tambu's window in the middle of the night in Chapter 6?

5. Why does Tambu's respect for Aunt Lucia grow in Chapter 12?

6. What does Nyasha urge Tambu to do for her own good towards the end of Chapter 11?

7. Why are Bertha and Mako pleased that a woman is causing such commotion at the Widow Manyanga's house in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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