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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the receptionist at Green Jacaranda?
2. What does Tambu find in her mother's house in Chapter 19?
3. What is Tracey Stevenson's company called?
4. What does Leon like to do when he visits Tambu?
5. What kind of car does Tambu get from her job?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tracey Stevenson tell Tambu she would like Tambu to start anew for Green Jacaranda in Chapter 18?
2. What does Tracey ask Tambu to have her relatives and friends in the village do in Chapter 21 that Tambu is not comfortable with?
3. What does Tambu try to do to smooth things over with Christine and Aunt Lucia in Chapter 21 that does not go over well?
4. Where does Tambu go in Chapter 17 to try to apologize for a terrible wrong she perpetrated in her past?
5. What news do Christine and Aunt Lucia bring to Tambu in Chapter 21?
6. Why does Tracey Stevenson tell Tambu she believes Tambu must believe in politics?
7. What are the long-term effects of Tambu's assault on Elizabeth that the reader discovers in Chapter 17?
8. Why is Ma'Tabitha worried about Tambu in Chapter 17?
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 is the phrase Tambu uses in Chapter 20 that means almost the same thing as a bribe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Tambu seem to idolize European fashion, people, and customs? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the sources of Tambu's resentment towards her colleague, Pedzi.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Tambu's conflicting feelings about Tracey Stevenson. On one hand, Tambu always felt that Tracey had betrayed her in school and later at the advertising agency, winning favor and advantages because she was white. On the other, Tracey offers Tambu a job when she most needs it.
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