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

2. In Chapter 7, what does Christine suggest to Tambu that they do together?
(a) Move to the village.
(b) Smoke marijuana.
(c) Go to a nightclub.
(d) Rob a bank.

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

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

5. Where does Tambu travel in Chapter 1 to investigate a possible new place to stay for accommodation?
(a) Mali.
(b) Harare.
(c) Borrowdale.
(d) Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tambu put in her tea in very large quantities in Chapter 3?

3. Where does Tambu correct herself to say she was born in Chapter 9?

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

5. What does Mai Manyanga feed her grandchildren in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tambu taken to the mental health institution in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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