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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 Tambu do with the money she had planned on spending on Elizabeth?
(a) She pays Nyasha back with it.
(b) She gives it to her own mother.
(c) She donates it to charity.
(d) She spends it on herself.

2. What is Tambu dismayed to find on her kitchen table in Chapter 17?
(a) The bag of mealie meal.
(b) A group of ants.
(c) A notice telling her she is evicted.
(d) Bills to pay.

3. What kind of garments does the dress shop near Tambu's office sell?
(a) Chinese and Vietnamese.
(b) American and British.
(c) Ghanian and Nigerian.
(d) Egyptian.

4. 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.

5. What book does Leon give to Tambu in Chapter 14?
(a) Flowers of Harare.
(b) Birds of Africa.
(c) Rare and exotic fruits of Africa.
(d) Insects of Zimbabwe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu find in her mother's house in Chapter 19?

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

3. What does Tambu's mother say about white people in Chapter 19?

4. When is Africa Day?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who visits Tambu at her new house in Chapter 17, and what do they do there?

5. What is Pedzi's new idea for Green Jacaranda in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

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

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