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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 visits Tambu in Chapter 10?
(a) Tambu's father.
(b) Nyasha and Tambu's mother.
(c) Aunt Lucia, Christine, and Nyasha.
(d) Tambu's sister and Christine.

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

3. What animal does Tambu hear when she wakes up in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) A hyena.
(b) A parakeet.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A lion.

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

5. What does Tambu decline to have put in her new room in Chapter 3?
(a) Roach repellant.
(b) A hamster.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A washbasin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Mai Manyanga drive?

2. What does the woman who knocks on Tambu's window in Chapter 6 end up doing?

3. Who is the only man in the house Tambu moves into in Chapter 4?

4. What does Tambu do in response to the crowd's anger toward Gertrude?

5. Who sends the package with Christine for Tambu in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Tambu shocked to see again at the mental health institution?

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

7. What does the hostel matron, Mrs. May, try to help Tambu with in Chapter 1 and why?

8. Where does Tambu first hear of the room available in Mai Manyanga's house?

9. In Chapter 2, what does Tambu tell the stranger on the bus she does for a living?

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

(see the answer keys)

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