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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 kind of creature does Tambu imagine herself as in the mirror in Chapter 1?
(a) A pig.
(b) A fish.
(c) An ostrich.
(d) A boar.

2. What does the woman who knocks on Tambu's window in Chapter 6 end up doing?
(a) Leaving a baby in a basket on the front stoop.
(b) Threatening to hurt herself.
(c) Shoving a letter under Shine's door.
(d) Stripping naked in the front yard and calling for Shine to come out.

3. Where does Tambu initially say she was born in Chapter 9?
(a) Harare.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Mali.
(d) Umtali.

4. What does Tambu learn about Aunt Lucia that surprises her and makes her respect Aunt Lucia more in Chapter 12?
(a) Aunt Lucia is running a security agency.
(b) Aunt Lucia has bought two houses.
(c) Aunt Lucia has earned her degree.
(d) Aunt Lucia has found Tambu a job.

5. Who is the visitor who comes to Mai Manyanga's at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Christine.
(c) Nyasha.
(d) Anushu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Tambu arrive at in Chapter 3 looking for accommodation?

2. What does Tambu's doctor tell Tambu she thinks is one of Tambu's problems?

3. What kind of work does Nyasha do abroad?

4. What does Tambu do when she has her visitors in Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Christine come to Mai Manyanga's in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Christine bring to give to Tambu from the village 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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