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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the domestic workers who will help Tambu at her new home in Chapter 15?
(a) Mai Manyanga.
(b) Ma'Tabitha.
(c) Mrs. May.
(d) Mai Taka.

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

3. How does Tambu refer to Mai Moetsabi?
(a) The Princess of Park Avenue.
(b) The Queen of Willoughby Way.
(c) The Queen of Africa.
(d) The Princess of Pain.

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

5. What are Tambu's nieces' names?
(a) Concept and Concern.
(b) Freedom and Silence.
(c) Concept and Praise.
(d) Freedom and Concept.

6. What publication does Tracey say can never come into the office again in Chapter 20?
(a) The Clarion.
(b) The Pilot
(c) The Herald.
(d) The Stormer.

7. What had contributed to Mai Manyanga's debt some years earlier?
(a) Her inability to pay for VaManyanga's medical treatment.
(b) Her sons' school fees.
(c) Her charitable contributions.
(d) Her spending habits on frivolities.

8. Why does Tracey object to a particular newspaper in Chapter 20?
(a) She does not like its political ideology.
(b) She says it is sexist.
(c) She says it is too expensive.
(d) She says it is racist.

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

10. Why is Tambu jealous of Pedzi?
(a) Tambu thinks Pedzi is richer than she is.
(b) Pedzi has come up with new ideas for the business.
(c) Tambu thinks Pedzi is smarter than she is.
(d) Pedzi is young and beautiful.

11. What does Christine tell Tambu that Ignore had been pretending to do in Chapter 21?
(a) Help Mai Manyanga so he could get the house all for himself.
(b) Support his own children.
(c) Take Mai Manyanga to the priest.
(d) Manage Mai Manyanga's cancer.

12. Why is Panashe upset about the movie that is chosen in Chapter 13?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) It is too romantic for him.
(c) It is not the movie his friends told him to see.
(d) It is about spiders, and he is afraid of spiders.

13. What does Tracey decide to do about the mambo in Tambu's home village?
(a) She will find a job for her in Europe.
(b) She will put her on a retainer.
(c) She will get her a higher position in Harare.
(d) She will drive her out of town with rumors.

14. What does Tambu often do on Saturday mornings in Chapter 18?
(a) Visits her mother.
(b) Helps Nyasha cook for her workshops.
(c) Volunteers at the orphanage.
(d) Visits the Queen Victoria Library.

15. What gift does Tambu bring for her mother in Chapter 20?
(a) Candy.
(b) A blouse and skirt.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Tambu's visitors try to convince her of in Chapter 21?

3. Which caves does Tambu bring the tourists to?

4. What does Tambu suffer from in Chapter 17?

5. Where does Tambu end up working in the end of the novel?

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