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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends the package with Christine for Tambu in Chapter 5?
(a) Tambu's mother.
(b) Tambu's father.
(c) Tambu's husband.
(d) Tambu's sister.

2. Who does Tambu think she sees in the club with Christine in Chapter 7?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Tracey Stevenson.
(d) Her sister.

3. Who does Tambu go to live with right after she leaves the mental health institution?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) Aunt Lucia.
(d) Christine.

4. Who taps on Tambu's window in the middle of the night in Chapter 6, asking to be let in?
(a) Mako.
(b) Nyasha.
(c) A woman Shine was once involved with.
(d) Tambu's mother.

5. What does Tambu notice about Mai Manyanga that is different in the first part of Chapter 5?
(a) She walks with a crutch.
(b) She has a black eye.
(c) Her leg is in a cast.
(d) Her arm is in a sling.

6. Who comes to the school to meet with Tambu and the headmistress at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Bennett.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Manyanga.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. May.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Chinembiri.

7. What kind of creature does Tambu imagine herself as in the mirror in Chapter 1?
(a) A fish.
(b) A boar.
(c) An ostrich.
(d) A pig.

8. Who is Tambu's hostel matron in Chapter 1?
(a) Mrs. Marple.
(b) Mrs. Mole.
(c) Mrs. Maplethorpe.
(d) Mrs. May.

9. Who is Nyasha's husband?
(a) Praise.
(b) Larky.
(c) Silence.
(d) Leon.

10. What does Tambu scold herself for not doing in the beginning of Chapter 5 concerning the Manyanga sons?
(a) Not attempting to kill one of the brothers.
(b) Not trying to rob all of the brothers the last time they visited.
(c) Not trying to cause discord between the brothers.
(d) Not pursuing Praise as a romantic target.

11. What does Tambu notice about Nyasha's clothes in Chapter 10?
(a) They have German writing on them Tambu can not understand.
(b) They are expensive-looking.
(c) They have corporate slogans on them.
(d) They are frayed and torn.

12. Who is another of Tambu's hostel mates who is angry with her for how she treated Gertrude in Chapter 2?
(a) Mako.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Nyasha.

13. What does Tambu decline to have put in her new room in Chapter 3?
(a) A hamster.
(b) A telephone.
(c) A washbasin.
(d) Roach repellant.

14. What does Christine tell Tambu she is surprised about concerning Tambu in Chapter 10?
(a) That Tambu is not still working at the ad agency.
(b) That Tambu has not been home to the village in so long.
(c) That Tambu is no longer living at Mai Manyanga's.
(d) That Tambu is not making more money.

15. What does Tambu notice about her new mattress in Chapter 4?
(a) It has fungus.
(b) It is very new.
(c) It is ripped.
(d) It is not there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christine's past include?

2. What does Tambu do to Elizabeth in Chapter 8?

3. Where does Tambu travel in Chapter 1 to investigate a possible new place to stay for accommodation?

4. Whose house does Tambu arrive at in Chapter 3 looking for accommodation?

5. What happens between Mai Manyanga's sons in Chapter 7?

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