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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 stops the car with Tambu, Nyasha, Leon, Mai Taka and the children on their way to the movies in Chapter 13?
(a) Silence.
(b) Shine.
(c) Larky.
(d) Praise.

2. How often do Tambu's niece and nephew visit her in her new home in Chapter 17?
(a) Once every several months.
(b) About twice a month.
(c) About once a week.
(d) About once a month.

3. 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 too expensive.
(c) It is too romantic for him.
(d) It is about spiders, and he is afraid of spiders.

4. What does Tambu's mother call out for at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) Water, because she is parched.
(b) Air, because she feels she is being suffocated.
(c) Money, because she is so poor.
(d) Help, because she is being beaten by Tambu's father.

5. Who tells the Bachmanns that Tambu's mother is one of the performers in Chapter 22?
(a) Pedzi.
(b) Tambu.
(c) Tracey.
(d) Nyasha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Tambu's mother hold in the village?

2. What is Tracey Stevenson's company called?

3. What does Tambu's former colleague ask her pointedly when they meet by chance in Chapter 13?

4. What does Tambu often do on Saturday mornings in Chapter 18?

5. What does Tambu do with the money she had planned on spending on Elizabeth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news do Christine and Aunt Lucia bring to Tambu in Chapter 21?

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

4. What happens to Mai Taka in the aftermath of Mai Taka's excursion to the movies with Nyasha's family?

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

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

7. What does Tambu try to do to smooth things over with Christine and Aunt Lucia in Chapter 21 that does not go over well?

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

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

10. What position does Tambu's mother tell her she holds in the village that Tambu thinks will help their business endeavor?

(see the answer keys)

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