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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 is Tambu's last name?
(a) Lucia.
(b) Manyanga.
(c) Siguake.
(d) Stevenson.
2. What does Tambu's letter to Nyasha say in Chapter 6?
(a) She asks Nyasha to help her get a job.
(b) She asks Nyasha how to find a husband.
(c) She asks Nyasha's advice in how to leave Zimbabwe.
(d) She asks Nyasha for money.
3. What does Tambu always forget to thank Nyasha for in Chapter 10?
(a) The money she lent her.
(b) The Lady Di shoes.
(c) The food she brings her.
(d) The books she brings her.
4. Who is one of the other female lodgers at Mai Manyanga's with Tambu?
(a) Nyasha.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) Isabel.
5. What publication does the hostel matron routinely complete the crossword in?
(a) The Virginia Pilot.
(b) The Harare Herald.
(c) The Zimbabwe Record.
(d) The Zimbabwe Clarion.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Tambu put in her tea in very large quantities in Chapter 3?
2. In Chapter 5, what does Mai Manyanga most like to sing?
3. What kind of car does Mai Manyanga drive?
4. Who does not come out to meet Christine in Chapter 5 when Mai Manyanga calls her?
5. Who is the visitor who comes to Mai Manyanga's at the beginning of Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Tambu taken to the mental health institution in Chapter 9?
2. Why are Bertha and Mako pleased that a woman is causing such commotion at the Widow Manyanga's house in Chapter 6?
3. What happens in Chapter 7 when Mai Manyanga invites her sons to her house to celebrate one of their birthdays?
4. In Chapter 2, what does Tambu tell the stranger on the bus she does for a living?
5. What is Tambu's reaction to Mako's distress in Chapter 5?
6. What does Tambu think about her new room in Mai Manyanga's house when she initially moves in in Chapter 4?
7. Who is Tambu shocked to see again at the mental health institution?
8. What is the family saying Tambu recalls in the beginning of Chapter 3 as she contemplates what has happened to Gertrude?
9. What kind of shoes does Tambu wear to meet the Widow Riley in Chapter 1 and who gave them to her?
10. What does Tambu take to helping herself to that belongs to Mai Manyanga in Chapter 5?
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