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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 had contributed to Mai Manyanga's debt some years earlier?
2. What do Tambu's niece and nephew like to do when they visit Tambu?
3. Why is Ma'Tabitha worried about Tambu in Chapter 17?
4. What does Tracey decide to do about the mambo in Tambu's home village?
5. What kind of desk does Tracey have in her office?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tambu feel about her colleague Pedzi?
2. What does Nyasha bring for Tambu in Chapter 17 from her own house that Tambu left behind?
3. What position does Tambu's mother tell her she holds in the village that Tambu thinks will help their business endeavor?
4. Why is Ma'Tabitha worried about Tambu in Chapter 17?
5. What publication does Tracey say is not allowed in the office any longer, and why?
6. What does Tracey ask Tambu to have her relatives and friends in the village do in Chapter 21 that Tambu is not comfortable with?
7. What does Tambu's mother's outburst in Chapter 22 result in for Tambu?
8. What happens to Mai Taka in Chapter 14 that Nyasha and Leon have to try to raise gas money for in order to help her?
9. When they meet in Chapter 14, what does Tracey ask Tambu?
10. What happens with Mai Taka and her husband Silence when Mai Taka goes to the movies with Nyasha's family in Chapter 13?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the Green Jacaranda company symbolize to Tambu, both positively and negatively? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the sources of Tambu's resentment towards her colleague, Pedzi.
Essay Topic 3
What does Aunt Lucia's security agency, where Tambu ultimately ends up working in the end of the novel, symbolize? Write an essay discussing how Aunt Lucia's experiences in the war are related to her decision to start a security agency.
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