A Girl Named Disaster Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comforts Nhamo after she is stung?
(a) The voice of her mother.
(b) The baboons.
(c) The gentle wind.
(d) A cool rain.

2. With what do the baboons in Nhamo's story fill a goat skin?
(a) Banana peels.
(b) Droppings.
(c) Hay.
(d) Dirt.

3. What does the sting that Nhamo gets while working on her boat cause her to do?
(a) Faint.
(b) Hallucinate.
(c) Swell up.
(d) Lose feeling in her hand.

4. What is the hozi?
(a) The house of Nhamo's grandmother.
(b) A communal storage facility.
(c) The river fountain.
(d) The church.

5. What does Nhamo take her grandmother to see when they reach their destination?
(a) A guitar player.
(b) A television.
(c) A snake charmer.
(d) A wrestling match.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nhamo do when she tends to the livestock?

2. Which baboon gets into Nhamo's platform?

3. What does Nhamo do when she sees her doctor for the first time?

4. In a dream, what does Crocodile Guts remind Nhamo to do?

5. Why does Nhamo attack Dr. Van Heerden when he comes back from the city?

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