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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nhamo travel against the current?
(a) She turns the boat in wide circles.
(b) She zigzags.
(c) She paddles hard when the current is weak.
(d) She lets the wind blow her.

2. How long does Nhamo fight the current before she sees land?
(a) A day and a night.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Several days.
(d) A week.

3. What ruins Nhamo's traps?
(a) A large bird.
(b) A baboon.
(c) A snake.
(d) A wild cat.

4. What is the name of the man who owns the boat that Nhamo uses to escape?
(a) Frog Head.
(b) Salamander Tail.
(c) Newt Toes.
(d) Crocodile Guts.

5. Which baboon gets into Nhamo's platform?
(a) Tag.
(b) Fat Cheeks.
(c) Rumpy.
(d) Stumpy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nhamo's mother's name?

2. What does the farmer in Nhamo's story do to get back at the baboons?

3. How does Nhamo feel when she is in the boat on her first day?

4. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?

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

(see the answer key)

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