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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 the chairwoman of the Women's Club offer to Tambu?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Apples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Vodka.
2. What has happened to Mai Taka in Chapter 14 that has caused her such distress?
(a) She has had a miscarriage.
(b) Her son has died.
(c) She has lost her job.
(d) Her mother has died.
3. Who interrupts Tambu's journey leaving Nyasha's family's house?
(a) Christine.
(b) Mai Manyanga.
(c) Mai Taka.
(d) Aunt Lucia.
4. What does Pedzi call Tambu at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Tragic Tambu.
(b) The head enforcer.
(c) The rival of rural Zimbabwe.
(d) The queen of the village.
5. Who does a child belong to in Zimbabwe when the father is known?
(a) The paternal family.
(b) The mother alone.
(c) The father alone.
(d) The maternal family.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Tambu's niece and nephew like to do when they visit Tambu?
2. How does Tambu refer to Mai Moetsabi?
3. What kind of desk does Tracey have in her office?
4. How does Tambu sarcastically toast Pedzi in Chapter 18?
5. Why is Ma'Tabitha worried about Tambu in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. When they meet in Chapter 14, what does Tracey ask Tambu?
2. What happens with Mai Taka and her husband Silence when Mai Taka goes to the movies with Nyasha's family in Chapter 13?
3. How does Tambu feel about her colleague Pedzi?
4. What do Christine and Aunt Lucia try to convince Tambu of in Chapter 21?
5. What happens to Mai Taka in Chapter 14 that Nyasha and Leon have to try to raise gas money for in order to help her?
6. What does Tracey Stevenson tell Tambu she would like Tambu to start anew for Green Jacaranda in Chapter 18?
7. What does Nyasha bring for Tambu in Chapter 17 from her own house that Tambu left behind?
8. Who does Tambu bump into after the movie in Chapter 13, and how does she feel about it?
9. What continues to bother Tambu about her job security and career in Chapter 16?
10. What is a major source of tension between Leon and Nyasha that comes to light in Chapter 13?
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