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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. What does Tambu start to help herself to in the beginning of Chapter 5 from Mai Manyanga?
2. Where does Tambu travel in Chapter 1 to investigate a possible new place to stay for accommodation?
3. Who does Tambu go to live with right after she leaves the mental health institution?
4. What does Nyasha tell her children to call Tambu?
5. Who is Nyasha's husband?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tambu offer to do to help Nyasha with the children at the end of Chapter 12, and how is the offer received?
2. Why does Christine come to Mai Manyanga's in Chapter 5?
3. What kind of shoes does Tambu wear to meet the Widow Riley in Chapter 1 and who gave them to her?
4. What happens when the two men find Tambu passed out at the bus stop in Chapter 8?
5. Why are Bertha and Mako pleased that a woman is causing such commotion at the Widow Manyanga's house in Chapter 6?
6. What does Christine bring to give to Tambu from the village in Chapter 5?
7. Who taps on Tambu's window in the middle of the night in Chapter 6?
8. Who comes to visit Tambu in the mental health institution in Chapter 10?
9. What does Tambu's cousin Nyasha do for work?
10. What does Tambu think about her new room in Mai Manyanga's house when she initially moves in in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how Mai Taka's experiences with her husband, Silence, represent women's plight in Zimbabwe. When Silence takes Mai Taka's son away from her, why does she not feel as if she can fight to get him back?
Essay Topic 2
Why do Christine and Aunt Lucia object so strenuously to Tambu's incorporation of her family and her homestead into the Green Jacaranda brand? How does each of these women's experiences in the war affect their entreaties to Tambu on this issue? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What does Tambu's ultimately unsuccessful plot to ensnare and eventually marry one of Mrs. Manyanga's sons reveal about the options and status of Zimbabwean women? Write an essay exploring this topic, citing specific references to the text.
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