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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The burial grounds.
(b) The great falls.
(c) The trading post.
(d) The cleanser.

2. 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.

3. To what does Nhamo compare the baboons as she watches them by the river?
(a) Devils.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Humans.

4. What does Nhamo do with the fish she catches?
(a) Uses them in animal traps.
(b) Smokes them.
(c) Eats them.
(d) Dries them.

5. What useful item does Nhamo find in the hut on the island?
(a) A knife.
(b) Some rope.
(c) A rudding stick.
(d) A shovel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Nhamo harden her wood spears?

3. What is the name of the man who owns the boat that Nhamo uses to escape?

4. Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?

5. To what does Nhamo compare the trading post?

(see the answer key)

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