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

2. Why is Mai Taka's husband upset that she is going to the movies with Nyasha's family?
(a) He thinks she should move back to Europe.
(b) He accuses Mai Taka of thinking she belongs to another family.
(c) They had plans themselves that she forgot about.
(d) He thinks she should get a different job.

3. What death do Tambu's visitors bring news about in Chapter 21?
(a) Leon's.
(b) Mai Taka's.
(c) Mai Manyanga's.
(d) Nayasha's.

4. What global issue does Tracey tell Tambu she is focused on as part of her business in Chapter 15?
(a) Violence against women.
(b) Climate Change.
(c) Arms control.
(d) Famine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Tambu in Chapter 21 at her home?

2. When is Africa Day?

3. Who interrupts Tambu's journey leaving Nyasha's family's house?

4. What does Tambu suffer from in Chapter 17?

5. What does the chairwoman of the Women's Club offer to Tambu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Mai Taka and her husband Silence when Mai Taka goes to the movies with Nyasha's family in Chapter 13?

2. What does Tambu's mother's outburst in Chapter 22 result in for Tambu?

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

4. Who does Tambu bump into after the movie in Chapter 13, and how does she feel about it?

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

6. What is the phrase Tambu uses in Chapter 20 that means almost the same thing as a bribe?

7. At the end of the novel, where is Tambu working and how does she feel about her situation?

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

9. How does Tambu feel about her colleague Pedzi?

10. What do Christine and Aunt Lucia try to convince Tambu of in Chapter 21?

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