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Tsitsi Dangarembga
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

This Mournable Body Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Tsitsi Dangarembga
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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. Who is Nyasha's daughter?
(a) Tracey.
(b) Silence.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Anesu.

2. What does Tambu do when she has her visitors in Chapter 10?
(a) Runs away from the mental health institution.
(b) Attacks one of her visitors.
(c) Cries copiously.
(d) Sleeps through their visit.

3. Who does Widow Riley think Tambu is in Chapter 10?
(a) Her mother Ellie.
(b) Her sister Ellen.
(c) Her niece Eileen.
(d) Her daughter Edie.

4. What does Nyasha tell her children to call Tambu?
(a) Tambudzai.
(b) MaiTambu.
(c) Maiguru.
(d) MaininiTambu.

5. What other relative does Tambu spend a significant amount of time telling the doctor about in Chapter 9?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Mako.
(d) Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Christine suggest to Tambu that they do together?

2. Where does Tambu attend school?

3. What kind of creature does Tambu imagine herself as in the mirror in Chapter 1?

4. Whose house does Tambu arrive at in Chapter 1 looking for accommodation?

5. Who visits Tambu in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tambu think about her new room in Mai Manyanga's house when she initially moves in in Chapter 4?

2. What kind of creature does Tambu routinely find herself brushing off of herself in moments of tension or irritation?

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

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

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

6. What does Tambu do when she realizes Gertrude, her hostel mate, is about to be assaulted in Chapter 2?

7. What happens in Chapter 7 when Mai Manyanga invites her sons to her house to celebrate one of their birthdays?

8. Why is Tambu unable to actually meet Widow Riley in Chapter 1?

9. What is Tambu's reaction to Mako's distress in Chapter 5?

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

(see the answer keys)

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