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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. Why does Dr. Masuku not want to get married?
(a) It is like slavery.
(b) Her mother told her not to.
(c) She is wealthy.
(d) It is old fashioned.

2. What is Nhamo's mother doing in her dream after she sees the goat underground?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Singing.
(c) Driving.
(d) Reading.

3. With whom does Nhamo spend most of her time after hearing that Dr. Masuku wants to send her to the city?
(a) Dr. Masuku.
(b) Baba Joseph.
(c) Father Jasuka.
(d) Mr. Heerold.

4. What do the people in the village tell Nhamo to avoid on her journey?
(a) The border patrol.
(b) Angering the leopard.
(c) Talking to spirits.
(d) Speaking her native language.

5. What news does Nhamo get about Masvita during summer vacation?
(a) She is married to the man Nhamo was promised to.
(b) Her monthly bleeding never came back.
(c) She had another baby.
(d) She died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nhamo's hair shaved off after she attacks Van Heerdon?

2. How are Nhamo and the nganga related?

3. Where is Nhamo offered a job during the summer?

4. What does Nhamo do with the carcass she finds after leaving the cave?

5. Why is Nhamo not afraid of the animal that killed the carcass she finds after leaving the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of the staff at Efifi, who likes Nhamo the most of the staff, and why?

2. What does Dr. Masuku say when Nhamo moves in with her father's family?

3. What happens when a baboon gets onto Nhamo's platform?

4. What story does Nhamo tell Baba Joseph, and how does he respond to this?

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

6. What does Nhamo hear in a haze one day, and how does this affect her?

7. What story does Nhamo tell Clever to cheer him up?

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

9. Who takes Nhamo to meet her family, and how does she feel when she gets there?

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

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