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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 always forget to thank Nyasha for in Chapter 10?
(a) The books she brings her.
(b) The money she lent her.
(c) The Lady Di shoes.
(d) The food she brings her.

2. What surprises Tambu about Nyasha's husband?
(a) She thought he would be kinder to Nyasha.
(b) She thought he would be more good-looking.
(c) She thought he would be smarter.
(d) She thought all Europeans had financial means, but he does not.

3. Who is Mai Manyanga's youngest son?
(a) Ignore.
(b) Praise.
(c) Larky.
(d) Leon.

4. What does Tambu do when she has her visitors in Chapter 10?
(a) Cries copiously.
(b) Sleeps through their visit.
(c) Attacks one of her visitors.
(d) Runs away from the mental health institution.

5. What is Tambu's last name?
(a) Siguake.
(b) Manyanga.
(c) Stevenson.
(d) Lucia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tambu scold herself for not doing in the beginning of Chapter 5 concerning the Manyanga sons?

2. What does Tambu start to help herself to in the beginning of Chapter 5 from Mai Manyanga?

3. Who does Tambu choose as her main target for her plan of the three Manyanga sons?

4. Who does not come out to meet Christine in Chapter 5 when Mai Manyanga calls her?

5. What kind of car does Mai Manyanga drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tambu taken to the mental health institution in Chapter 9?

2. Who taps on Tambu's window in the middle of the night in Chapter 6?

3. What is the family saying Tambu recalls in the beginning of Chapter 3 as she contemplates what has happened to Gertrude?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Tambu tell the stranger on the bus she does for a living?

5. Why is Tambu unable to actually meet Widow Riley in Chapter 1?

6. What does the hostel matron, Mrs. May, try to help Tambu with in Chapter 1 and why?

7. What happens when the two men find Tambu passed out at the bus stop in Chapter 8?

8. What does Tambu take to helping herself to that belongs to Mai Manyanga in Chapter 5?

9. Where does Tambu first hear of the room available in Mai Manyanga's house?

10. Who does Tambu think she sees in the club in Chapter 7 and why does she react so belligerently to this idea?

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