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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 does Christine say Mai Manyanga has been doing for Tambu in Chapter 10?
(a) Trying to find her a new home.
(b) Trying to find her a new job.
(c) Praying for her.
(d) Paying for her treatment.

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

3. What kind of work does Nyasha do abroad?
(a) Music.
(b) Filmmaking.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Finance.

4. Who works as a domestic employee for Nyasha?
(a) Mai Mainini.
(b) Mai Taka.
(c) Mai Guru.
(d) Mai Anesu.

5. What does Mai Manyanga feed her grandchildren in Chapter 4?
(a) Candy bars.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Sausages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu's letter to Nyasha say in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. Who does Tambu choose as her main target for her plan of the three Manyanga sons?

5. What do Mai Manyanga's sons discuss among themselves in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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