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A Girl Named Disaster | Quiz

Nancy Farmer
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A Girl Named Disaster | Quiz

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1)

How does Nhamo decide to get herself off the island? (from Chapter 21 | Chapter 22)

Swim with the current.
Wait for more humans.
Repair the damaged boat.
Build a new boat.
2)

Where did Nhamo's grandfather make his fortune? (from Chapter 41)

In the steel mines.
In the chrome mines.
In the fishing business.
In the research profession.
3)

What does Nhamo get stung by while working on her boat? (from Chapter 25)

A scorpion.
A bee.
A hornet.
A horned beetle.
4)

What does Nhamo want to do on the tiny island off of the big island? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

Make a fire pit.
Build a house.
Smoke meat.
Plant her garden.
5)

How does Nhamo harden her wood spears? (from Chapter 26)

She whittles them.
She lines them with rocks.
She burns them.
She wets them.
6)

What does the farmer in Nhamo's story do to get back at the baboons? (from Chapter 29)

Takes their food.
Digs a pit.
Kidnaps their leader.
Poisons the waterhole.
7)

Where is Nhamo's father? (from Chapter 41)

In prison.
In a hospital.
In the ocean.
Buried under a mountain.
8)

What news does Nhamo get about Masvita during summer vacation? (from Chapter 42)

She is married to the man Nhamo was promised to.
She died.
She had another baby.
Her monthly bleeding never came back.
9)

Why is Nhamo not afraid of the animal that killed the carcass she finds after leaving the cave? (from Chapter 28)

She knows it would not attack her.
She is too hungry.
She has her knife with her.
She thinks it is asleep.
10)

What does the sting that Nhamo gets while working on her boat cause her to do? (from Chapter 25)

Lose feeling in her hand.
Swell up.
Hallucinate.
Faint.
11)

About what does Baba Joseph tell Nhamo a story? (from Chapter 35)

God.
Moses.
Jesus.
Satan.
12)

What signals the beginning of the rainy season? (from Chapter 30)

Budding trees.
Green grass.
Warm breezes.
Thunder.
13)

Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps? (from Chapter 26)

She does not need food.
She is dizzy.
She has other things to do.
It is getting dark.
14)

Which of the following is NOT something Nhamo learns while at Efifi? (from Chapter 38)

History.
Writing.
Math.
Reading
15)

What does Nhamo name the deformed baboon? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

Stumpy.
Fat Cheeks.
Big Belly.
Rumpy.
16)

Who is the first person Nhamo sees when she wakes up? (from Chapter 34)

Dr. Masuku.
Father Jasuka.
Baba Joseph.
Mr. Heerden.
17)

What news does a haze tell Nhamo one day at Efifi? (from Chapter 38)

Grandmother is dead.
Her father has passed on.
Her family is waiting.
She has honored her mother.
18)

What does Nhamo do when she finds a goat underground? (from Chapter 32)

Lay down with it.
Chases it away.
Drinks some milk.
Kills and eats it.
19)

What is Nhamo's aunt's name in her father's family? (from Chapter 40)

Emily.
Edina.
Edna.
Emma.
20)

Where does Nhamo go for summer vacation? (from Chapter 42)

Her father's mountain.
Efifi.
Her home village.
The island.
21)

What does Nhamo do with the carcass she finds after leaving the cave? (from Chapter 28)

Prays over it.
Skins it.
Buries it.
Takes some meat to smoke it.
22)

What are the people at Efifi trying to kill? (from Chapter 33)

Flies.
Baboons.
Cancer.
Hornets.
23)

What does Nhamo want to do after her possessions are ruined? (from Chapter 30)

Kill.
Leave.
Die.
Dry.
24)

What does Nhamo do when she tends to the livestock? (from Chapter 34)

Sings.
Prays to her ancestors.
Tells stories.
Draws pictures.
25)

Why is the boy in Nhamo's story making a rope? (from Chapter 23 | Chapter 24)

To pull his grandmother's farm closer.
To tie up his future wife.
To climb to the sky.
To wrap the world.
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