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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 does Tambu see in the supermarket after the movie in Chapter 13?
(a) Mrs. May.
(b) Christine.
(c) Tracey Stevenson.
(d) Her mother.

2. What does Tambu forget to bring for her mother that she only realizes early in Chapter 20?
(a) Money.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Scented soap.
(d) Food.

3. What do Tambu's niece and nephew like to do when they visit Tambu?
(a) Swim in her pool.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Eat sweets from the bakery next door.
(d) Play with the neighbors' children.

4. Why is Panashe upset about the movie that is chosen in Chapter 13?
(a) It is not the movie his friends told him to see.
(b) It is about spiders, and he is afraid of spiders.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) It is too romantic for him.

5. What does Tambu do with the gift her mother has sent her in Chapter 17?
(a) Gives it away.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Scatters it across her house and then buries it in her garden.
(d) Eats it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Nyasha's family give Tambu when she leaves?

2. What song does Nyasha sing on the way to the movies in Chapter 13?

3. What kind of garments does the dress shop near Tambu's office sell?

4. What does Pedzi call Tambu at the end of Chapter 18?

5. What does Ma'Tabitha cook for Tambu's visitors in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Nyasha and Leon eventually dispel the tension between Mai Taka and Silence in Chapter 13?

2. What are the long-term effects of Tambu's assault on Elizabeth that the reader discovers in Chapter 17?

3. What does Nyasha bring for Tambu in Chapter 17 from her own house that Tambu left behind?

4. Where does Tambu go in Chapter 17 to try to apologize for a terrible wrong she perpetrated in her past?

5. What does Tracey ask Tambu to have her relatives and friends in the village do in Chapter 21 that Tambu is not comfortable with?

6. Why is Ma'Tabitha worried about Tambu in Chapter 17?

7. What upsets Tambu's mother greatly in Chapter 22 and what does she do in response?

8. How does Tambu spend some of the money she had thought she might spend on Elizabeth?

9. What unusual fixture does Tracey tell Tambu she has added to their office for the comfort of the employees?

10. When they meet in Chapter 14, what does Tracey ask Tambu?

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