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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. Where does Nhamo go for summer vacation?
(a) Her home village.
(b) Efifi.
(c) The island.
(d) Her father's mountain.

2. Who likes Nhamo the most at Efifi?
(a) Baba Joseph.
(b) Father Jasuka.
(c) Dr. Masuku.
(d) Mr. Heerden.

3. How does Nhamo feel when Dr. Masuku wants to send her to the city?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Scared.

4. What does Nhamo call Dr. Masuku?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Misses.
(c) Mary.
(d) Mother.

5. What does Musuku teach Nhamo to wear?
(a) Pants.
(b) Underwear.
(c) Dresses.
(d) Head wraps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the baboons in Nhamo's play a prank on the farmer?

2. What is Efifi?

3. Why is Nhamo angry at herself when the first signs of the rainy season appear?

4. What does Nhamo notice about the first family she sees after the storm?

5. Where does Nhamo get the idea to plug the holes in the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nhamo watch a wasp do, and what does she think of this?

2. What does Nhamo do just after her jar of possessions is ruined?

3. What does a nurse let Nhamo do that she thinks is miraculous?

4. What happens when Dr. Van Heerden's dog comes out of his truck?

5. What does the nganga say after hearing Nhamo's story?

6. What does Nhamo do with the carcass she finds?

7. What are the people at Efifi doing?

8. Why does the nganga think the leopard appeared to Nhamo?

9. What happens in Nhamo's story about the farmer and the baboons?

10. What does Baba Joseph do to Nhamo's panga, and how does Nhamo feel about this?

(see the answer keys)

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