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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 Nhamo do in an effort to get more food?
(a) Dries her fruit.
(b) Plants a larger garden.
(c) Follows the baboons.
(d) Follows animal tracks.

2. What is wrong with the lone baboon on the island?
(a) It has a gash on its back.
(b) It has a deformed arm.
(c) It has a twisted foot.
(d) It is missing an eye.

3. Who helps a girl when she reaches womanhood?
(a) An aunt.
(b) The mother.
(c) A grandmother.
(d) The eldest sister.

4. How does Nhamo feel when she is in the boat on her first day?
(a) Scared.
(b) Alone.
(c) Confused.
(d) Excited.

5. What does Nhamo hear as she is leaving the small island?
(a) The wind.
(b) A roar of an animal.
(c) The njuzu singing.
(d) Her mother and Crocodile Guts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?

2. What does Nhamo teach herself during her boat journey?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the food items Nhamo finds on the big island?

4. What does Nhamo use to wash the dishes?

5. What does Nhamo hunt on her first try?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nhamo decide to hunt, and why?

2. How does Nhamo figure out a better way to hollow out her boat?

3. What happens when Nhamo is stung while working on her boat?

4. What does a baby baboon do to prove that Nhamo has been accepted into the tribe, and how does Nhamo respond to this?

5. What does Nhamo do to get the deformed baboon off the small island?

6. What story does Nhamo's grandmother tell her at the beginning of the book?

7. How does Nhamo feel when the hippos are gone, and why?

8. What does the muvuki determine will be done to make payment for the dead man?

9. What does Nhamo do when she finds all the food on the big island?

10. What does Nhamo do for Masvita when she can't sleep?

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