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Nervous Conditions

Tsitsi Dangarembga

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Characters
- Character List
- Babamukuru
- Maiguru
- Nyasha
- Tambu
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
- Context
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Plot Overview Quiz

Further Study Plot Overview Quiz

1 of 5
How does Tambu feel about the death of Nhamo?

Indignant
Nonplussed
Unmoved
Broken

2 of 5
What does Tambu attempt to sell to fund her schooling?

Vegetables
Books
Alcohol
Lemonade

3 of 5
How much money does Doris give Mr. Matimba for Tambu's education?

Five thousand pounds
Five pounds
Five hundred pounds
Ten pounds

4 of 5
Babamukuru punishes Tambu with ___ as a maid for not attending the wedding.

Six weeks
One week
Eight weeks
Two weeks

5 of 5
___ make Nyasha mentally ill, and Tambu worries that it will also affect her.

Genetics
Negative colonial influences
Environmental pollution
Stress

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Nervous Conditions

Plot Overview Quiz

1 of 5
How does Tambu feel about the death of Nhamo?

2 of 5
What does Tambu attempt to sell to fund her schooling?

3 of 5
How much money does Doris give Mr. Matimba for Tambu's education?

4 of 5
Babamukuru punishes Tambu with ___ as a maid for not attending the wedding.

5 of 5
___ make Nyasha mentally ill, and Tambu worries that it will also affect her.

Popular pages: Nervous Conditions

Character List CHARACTERS

Babamukuru: Character Analysis CHARACTERS

Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

Take a Study Break

Every Shakespeare Play Summed Up in a Quote from The Office

Every Marvel Movie Summed Up in a Single Sentence

QUIZ: Are You a Hero, a Villain, or an Anti-Hero?

QUIZ: Is This a Mark Twain Quote or a Line from The Office?

QUIZ: Which Greek God Are You?

60 YA Movie Adaptations, Ranked

Pick 10 Books and We'll Guess Whether You're an Introvert or an Extrovert

1 of 5 How does Tambu feel about the death of Nhamo?

2 of 5 What does Tambu attempt to sell to fund her schooling?

3 of 5 How much money does Doris give Mr. Matimba for Tambu's education?

4 of 5 Babamukuru punishes Tambu with ___ as a maid for not attending the wedding.

5 of 5 ___ make Nyasha mentally ill, and Tambu worries that it will also affect her.

Popular pages: Nervous Conditions

Character List CHARACTERS

Babamukuru: Character Analysis CHARACTERS

Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

Take a Study Break

Every Shakespeare Play Summed Up in a Quote from The Office

Every Marvel Movie Summed Up in a Single Sentence

QUIZ: Are You a Hero, a Villain, or an Anti-Hero?

QUIZ: Is This a Mark Twain Quote or a Line from The Office?

QUIZ: Which Greek God Are You?

60 YA Movie Adaptations, Ranked

Pick 10 Books and We'll Guess Whether You're an Introvert or an Extrovert

1 of 5
How does Tambu feel about the death of Nhamo?

2 of 5
What does Tambu attempt to sell to fund her schooling?

3 of 5
How much money does Doris give Mr. Matimba for Tambu's education?

4 of 5
Babamukuru punishes Tambu with ___ as a maid for not attending the wedding.

5 of 5
___ make Nyasha mentally ill, and Tambu worries that it will also affect her.